Determining Overpricing in Brazilian Infrastructure Projects: A Forensic Approach

Value landscapes and their impact on public water policy preferences

“…The pvalue of that link falls below the more lenient 0.1 threshold for statistical significance that is occasionally applied, even if not typically recommended (El-Masri & Tawadrous 2013). While our analysis should thus not be interpreted as conclusive empirical evidence on this specific link, it would resonate with academic literature on the waste of public funds in the context of large infrastructure projects in Mato Grosso (Crabb 2016) and Brazil more generally (Joly 2017;Signor et al 2016), especially under the centre-left governments of Presidents L I L " D Rousseff (Armijo & Rhodes 2017). This issue was particularly salient during fieldwork in 2016, i.e.…”

Integridade ética como facilitador na governança de empresa de construção civil

“…Além dos diplomas legais, a análise deste artigo pode ser sistematizada nos temas (i) Governança Corporativa e (ii) Cultura Interna, estruturados a partir do referencial a seguir. Signor et al (2016) enfatizam o impacto da falta de ética na sociedade, pela geração de ambientes de baixa segurança e projetos insustentáveis. Outros reflexos são a alocação injusta de recursos, desperdício de dinheiro público, baixa qualidade das obras e o comprometimento da livre concorrência nos negócios.…”

Rework in Urban Renewal Projects in Colombia

“…Once the probability of occurrence between the identified causal factors and rework levels can be determined, this model will provide the public sector with an objective assessment of the likelihood of rework levels given prevailing conditions. However, the procurement processes to which Colombian urban renewal projects are subject exposes to corruption (Signor et al 2016). Procurement is one of the biggest areas of internal weakness to corruption risk.…”