Managing Projects in Africa: Essentials from the Project Management Journal

Linking Policies to Projects: The Key to Identifying the Right Public Investment Projects

Asmamaw Tadege Shiferaw

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Civil and Transport Engineering, Trondheim, Norway

Ole Jonny Klakegg

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Civil and Transport Engineering, Trondheim, Norway

ABSTRACT

This article reviews the merits of project governance in linking policies to projects and focuses on public investment projects in African countries. In this region, every year, huge sums of money are spent on public investment projects. It is relevant to ask whether the objectives of these projects are set and fulfilled according to the needs and priorities of the target group, or ...