Cost overruns in infrastructure projects: lessons in LAC and enhancement of the analytical tools to manage IDB Projects
This TC aims to continue contributing to the analysis of cost overruns on large investment projects and their causes, to improve the design and implementation of projects by the IDB and LAC countries. Specifically, this implies:

(I) Improving the methodology for stochastic analysis of infrastructure project costs by testing the predictive capacity of the model and facilitating its application through a computer tool
(Ii) Complete the analysis of design cases and Implementation of Infrastructure megaprojects, focused on establishing evidence of the impact of the institutional environment on their success (measured by the existence of overcharges and overdrafts)
(Iii) Produce recommendations regarding the use of different contracting mechanisms for large infrastructure projects
(Iv) Systematize lessons learned from innovations in the structuring of infrastructure financing, and support for their diffusion

Project Detail

Country

Regional

Project Number

RG-T2914

Approval Date

April 26, 2017

Project Status

Closed

Project Type

Technical Cooperation

Sector

TRANSPORT

Subsector

MAJOR HIGHWAYS

Lending Instrument

-

Lending Instrument Code

-

Modality

-

Facility Type

-

Environmental and Social Impact Category (ESIC)

Category C: Likely to cause minimal or no negative environmental and associated social impacts

Total Cost

USD 345,000.00

Country Counterpart Financing

USD 0.00

Original Amount Approved

USD 345,000.00
Financial Information
Operation Number Lending Type Reporting Currency Reporting Date Signed Date Fund Financial Instrument
ATN/OC-16121-RG Sovereign Guaranteed USD - United States Dollar Ordinary Capital Nonreimbursable
Operation Number ATN/OC-16121-RG
  • Lending Type: Sovereign Guaranteed
  • Reporting Currency: USD - United States Dollar
  • Reporting Date:
  • Signed Date:
  • Fund: Ordinary Capital
  • Financial Instrument: Nonreimbursable

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English
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Monograph
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Publication
the-institutional-environment-of-megaproject-planning-and-appraisal.pdf
Jul. 22, 2019
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Publication
an-institutional-economics-approach-to-megaproject-construction-contracts.pdf
Jul. 22, 2019
English
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Publication
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Spanish
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Monograph
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Publication
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Jul. 26, 2019
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 Preparation Phase
https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-868704378-17
TC Annex for OS operations
Anexo II. Matriz de resultados.pdf
May. 05, 2017
English
https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-868704378-19
TC Annex for OS operations
Anexo III. Términos de referencia.DOCX
May. 05, 2017
English
https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-868704378-21
TC Abstract
TC Abstract RG-T2914.pdf
Apr. 24, 2017
English
https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-868704378-16
TC Annex for OS operations
IV. Plan de adquisiciones.pdf
May. 05, 2017
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 Implementation Phase
https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-868704378-23
Approved TC document
Sobrecostos en proyectos de infraestructura Lecciones en ALC y Perfeccionamiento de Herramientas Analíticas para manejar los Proyectos del BID (RG-T2914).pdf
May. 05, 2017
English

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