Managing risk in a large rural electrification programme in India

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-26

  Bhattacharyya, Subhes C ^a   Dey, Prasanta K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Risk identification; Risk mapping; Risk mitigation; Rural electrification

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; STAKEHOLDER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34247121924     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/146155107X190587     Document Type: Article

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