Opening the black box of project management: Does World Bank project supervision influence project impact?

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1111-1123

  Ika, Lavagnon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

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

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; PROJECT DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WORLD BANK;

EID: 84929515374     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2015.01.005     Document Type: Article

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