25Apr 2017

AN INVESTIGATION INTO FACTORS AFFECTING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN.

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Development projects are considered essential for progress of a country as they provide necessary infrastructure and initial resources to begin economic activities in various sectors of society and economy. Pakistan suffered from severe scarcity of infrastructure right after its formation in 1947; subsequent government plans and actions in this regard have not been able to deliver desired results. A large number of cities are still lacking basic structure of transportation, healthcare, education and telecommunication that are necessary to drive economic activities. Second to shortage of resources to deliver these facilities there is a big reason of failure in managing these projects to deliver desired quality and value. This paper is an attempt to use proven statistics techniques to analyze project data obtained from relevant research and evaluation reports on previous development projects to provide a model into what are the significant factors that need to be taken care of to ensure better value from these projects.

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[Saif Ur Rehman, CAO Qingren, Pervaiz Iqbal, Imran Khan and Muhammad Sajid. (2017); AN INVESTIGATION INTO FACTORS AFFECTING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Apr). 549-563] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

CAO Qingren
School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou (221116), Jiangsu, P.R China.

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3844      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3844

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