This volume focuses on the political economy surrounding the detailed decisions that governments make at each step of the value chain for natural resource management. From the perspective of public interest or good governance, many resource-dependent developing countries pursue apparently...

Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Building a System for Public Investment Management; Public Investment Management: Why It Matters; Evolution of Ideas; Challenges of Today; Figure 1.1 Average Construction Project Cost and Time Overruns in...