Financial evaluation program for construction projects at the pre-investment phase in developing countries: A case study

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 912-923

  Halawa, Wael Said ^a   Abdelalim, Assem M K ^b   Elrashed, Ibrahem Abd ^c  

^a Construction Management Section ^*  (Haïti)

^b BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cash in out; Egypt; Feasibility study; Finance; Financial evaluation; Interest rate; Middle East; NPV; Program; Risks

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; FINANCE; PRINTING MACHINERY; RESEARCH; RISKS;

CASH IN/OUT; EGYPT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FINANCIAL EVALUATION; INTEREST RATES; MIDDLE EAST; NPV; PROGRAM;

INVESTMENTS;

CONSTRUCTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INTEREST RATE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EGYPT; MIDDLE EAST;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 84878732247     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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