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How Megaprojects Are Damaging Nigeria and How to Fix It A Practical Guide to Mastering Very Large Government Projects /
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…-- References -- 3 Structure of the Investigation -- 3.1 Overview of the Approach Taken in This Study -- 3.2 Construction and Execution of the Survey -- 3.3 Construction of the Sample of Projects -- 3.4 Construction of the Case Studies -- Appendix: Full Questionnaire as It Was Administered -- Our Request -- Project Variables -- References -- 4 A Description of the 38 Matched Projects -- 4.1 Lagos-Ibadan Express Road -- 4.2 Lagos-Badagry Express Road -- 4.3 Third Mainland Bridge -- 4.4 Second Niger Bridge -- 4.5 Egbin Power Station -- 4.6 Calabar Power Station -- 4.7 Zungeru Hydropower Plant -- 4.8 Delta State (Oghareki) Power Plant -- 4.9 Shiroro Hydroelectric Power Station -- 4.10 Omoku Power Plant Station -- 4.11 Mambilla Hydroelectric Power -- 4.12 Ajaokuta Steel Project -- 4.13 Kanji Dam -- 4.14 Otukpo Dam -- 4.15 Nigeria Satellite 2 -- 4.16 Nigeria Satellite 1 -- 4.17 Airtel Nigeria -- 4.18 Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) -- 4.19 Godswill Akpabio International Stadium -- 4.20 (Samuel) Ogbemudia Stadium -- 4.21 Abuja International Airport -- 4.22 Lagos MMA2 Airport -- 4.23 Yenagoa International Cargo Airport -- 4.24 Jigawa Airport Project -- 4.25 Tin Can Island Port -- 4.26 Calabar Seaport -- 4.27 Victoria Garden City (VGC) Housing Estate -- 4.28 Festac Town Federal Housing Estate -- 4.29 1004 Housing Estate -- 4.30 Abuja Mass Federal Housing Project -- 4.31 Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library -- 4.32 Abuja National Library -- 4.33 Nigerian Youth Empowerment Scheme (N-Power) -- 4.34 Nigeria Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) -- 4.35 Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) -- 4.36 Cleaner Lagos Initiative (Visionscape) -- 4.37 University College Teaching Hospital (UCH) Ibadan -- 4.38 University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) -- References -- 5 Insights from the Analysis of the Questionnaires -- 5.1 Variable Distributions and Variable Capability to Detect Differences Across Projects -- 5.1.1 Each Respondent Type Adds Unique Perspectives and Information -- 5.1.2 The Variables Capture Robust Differences Between Abandoned and Completed Projects -- 5.2 Condensing Variables into Aggregated Success Factors -- 5.2.1 Approach -- 5.2.2 Identifying the Factors -- 5.3 Econometric Prediction of Project Completion -- 5.4 Econometric Prediction of Cost and Schedule Overruns for Completed Projects -- 5.4.1 Effect of Variables on Budget Overruns -- 5.4.2 Effect of Variables on Schedule Overruns -- 5.5 The Corrosive Effect of Corruption -- Appendix 1 Correlations Among Independent Variables Across All 114 Responses -- Appendix 2 Factor Analysis -- Appendix 3 Specification of the Logistical Regression -- Appendix 4 The Logistical Completion Probability Regression by Respondent Group -- Appendix 5 Robustness Analysis: Cost Overrun Regressions by Respondent Group -- Appendix 6 Robustness Analysis: Schedule Overrun Regressions by Respondent Group -- 6 Two Library Projects -- 6.1 The National Library of Nigeria in Abuja: An Abandoned Project -- 6.1.1 Project Initiation -- 6.1.2 Contract Signature and Execution -- 6.1.3 Conclusion -- 6.2 Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library: A Completed Project -- 6.2.1 Project Initiation -- 6.2.2 Project Execution and Outcome -- 6.2.3 The Difference Between the Two Projects: In the Words of Former President Obasanjo -- References -- 7 Two Bridge Projects -- 7.1 The Second Niger Bridge: A Stalled Project -- 7.1.1 Project Initiation -- 7.1.2 Contract Disputes and Recontracting -- 7.1.3 Continued Stalling -- 7.1.4 Diagnosis of the Reasons for Failure, in the Words of (Former) President Jonathan -- 7.1.5 Conclusion -- 7.2 The Third Mainland Bridge: A Completed Project -- 7.2.1 Introduction -- 7.2.2 Starting and Stalling -- 7.2.3 Restarting the Project Under President Babangida -- 7.2.4 Project Execution and Outcome -- 7.2.5 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Two Power Plants -- 8.1 Egbin Power Station, Ikorodu Lagos State: A Completed Project -- 8.1.1 Initiation and Completion -- 8.1.2 Success Conditions and Challenges -- 8.1.3 Privatization and Trouble -- 8.2 The Calabar Odukpani Power Station: Completed but with Little Delivery -- 8.2.1 Project Initiation -- 8.2.2 Project Complications and Delays -- 8.2.3 Delivery of the Calabar Power Station in 2015 -- 8.2.4 What Has Been Delivered? …”
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Proceedings of the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education ICME-13 /
Published 2017Table of Contents: “…- A summary, Petra Scherer, Kim Beswick, Lucie DeBlois, Lulu Healy, Elisabeth Moser Opitz -- Mathematics teachers working and learning through collaboration, Barbara Jaworski, Olive Chapman, Alison Clark-Wilson, Annalisa Cusi, Cristina Esteley, Merrilyn Goos, Masami Isoda, Marie Joubert, Ornella Robutti -- Geometry education, including the use of new technologies: a survey of recent research, Nathalie Sinclair, Maria Bartolini Bussi, Michael de Villiers, Keith Jones, Ulrich Kortenkamp, Allen Leung, Kay Owens -- Part 4: Reports from the Thematic afternoon -- European Didactic Traditions in Mathematics - Aspects and Examples from four Selected Cases, Werner Blum, Michèle Artigue, Maria Alessandra Mariotti, Rudolf Sträßer, Marja Van den Heuvel-Panhuizen -- German-speaking traditions in mathematics education research, Hans Niels Jahnke, Rolf Biehler, Angelika Bikner-Ahsbahs, Uwe Gellert, Gilbert Greefrath, Lisa Hefendehl-Hebeker, Götz Krummheuer, Timo Leuders, Marcus Nührenbörger, Andreas Obersteiner, Kristina Reiss, Bettina Rösken-Winter, Andreas Schulz, Andreas Vohns, Rudolf vom Hofe, Katrin Vorhölter -- What is and what might be the legacy of Felix Klein? …”
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