Delays and cost overruns in infrastructure projects: Extent, causes and remedies

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 45, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 43-54

  Singh, Ram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

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EID: 77953353092     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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