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Community-partnered contracts in developing countries
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posted on 2008-11-04, 17:11 authored by M. Sohail (Khan), Andrew N. BaldwinThere is a growing recognition in developing countries of
community-based infrastructure procurement and its
potential to achieve sustainable development. The advantages
of such an approach are that it encourages participative
negotiation of activities and speedier
implementation, the use of local resources, skills and
appropriate technology, and entrepreneurship within
communities. These wider socio-economic impacts arising
from community-partnered micro-projects can lead
to more sustainable infrastructure through meeting local
stakeholders’ needs, community empowerment and capacity
building. This paper describes the development and
use of performance indicators for community-contracted
urban infrastructure provision in low-income communities
in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. In particular, these
indicators refer to the dimensions of time and cost; some
key performance yardsticks are also proposed. The urban
infrastructure and services referred to in these cases are
the facilities needed for water and sanitation provision,
access roads, street lighting and solid waste management.
In general, it was found that costs for community-contracted
micro-projects were normally very close to being
on target. The quality of infrastructure and service provision
also tended to be superior to that envisioned by local
government engineers. However, project duration generally
exceeded the target but was still comparable to conventional
contracts. The overall performance of the
community-partnered micro-projects was found to be
comparable or better than the conventional micro-contracts;
in addition, the performance of these projects in
terms of socio-economic elements was likely to far exceed
that of the conventional micro-projects.
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SOHAIL, M. and BALDWIN, A.N., 2004. Community-partnered contracts in developing countries. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers : Engineering Sustainabilty, 157 (4), pp. 193-201Publisher
© Thomas Telford PublishingPublication date
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This article was published in the journal, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Engineering Sustainability [© Thomas Telford Publishing] and is also available at: http://www.thomastelford.com/journals/Language
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