Critical success factors for World Bank projects: An empirical investigation

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-116

  Ika, Lavagnon A ^a   Diallo, Amadou ^b   Thuillier, Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; International development projects; Project success; Project supervision; World Bank

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; PROJECT SUCCESS; PROJECT SUPERVISION; WORLD BANK;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MONITORING SYSTEM; PROJECT DESIGN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORLD BANK;

EID: 84864455732     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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