Critical success factors for managing infrastructure projects in Africa: a critical review and lessons learned
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2016
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Chileshe, N.
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Mwanaumo, E.M.
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Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Infrastructure Development and Investment Strategies for Africa (DII-2016), 2016 / Mwanaumo, E.M. (ed./s), pp.82-93
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3rd International Conference on Infrastructure Development and Investment Strategies for Africa (DII-2016) (31 Aug 2016 - 2 Sep 2016 : Livingstone, Zambia)
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Despite significant improvements in the application of development strategies for construction across a number of development areas as agreed by the ‘research agenda of W107’, there still remain a number of challenges affecting the delivery of infrastructure development and investment in Africa. The synergies between effective implementation of risk management and undertaking the best practices of infrastructure projects are well acknowledged in literature. This research is focused on identifying the critical success factors (CSFs) associated with managing infrastructure project in Africa, as well coping mechanisms and strategies for dealing with risk management practices. A systematic literature review of studies undertaken on infrastructure development in Africa will be conducted. This will be complemented by previous empirical studies undertaken on critical success factor for risk management related studies in selected Sub-Saharan African countries such as Zambia, Tanzania and Ghana which have recorded significant developments in achieving some of the nine development areas as identified by the ‘research agenda of W107’. Furthermore, content analysis (CA) was employed to analyse the remaining trends and emergent research gaps. Some advocated solutionsand roadmap for addressing the identified bottlenecks will be put forward. This study has a number of implications for policy makers as the identified CFSs and lesson learned can be tailored in mitigating some of the challenges in implementing risk management practices. In so doing, unlocking the dormant and unsustainable potential thus delivering projects that could harness the huge investment and development. Finally, stakeholders and practitioners can through effective implementation of risk management maximize the benefits from infrastructure development in Africa. Notwithstanding the noted contributions, the study is limited by the number of empirical studies due to the fewer countries achieving the significant developments as defined by ‘research agenda of W107’
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Copyright 2016 DII