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Persisting Cost Overruns in Public Infrastructure Projects: Lessons From the Belgian Case

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  • Laura Molinari
  • Elvira Haezendonck
  • Katrien Van Rompay
  • Vincent Mabillard
  • Michaël Dooms

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Public authorities are expected to provide a salient infrastructure network, with only limited financial resources. However, many of these infrastructure projects go over budget and, therefore, research about these cost overruns is necessary to better understand the dynamics at work and provide solutions. We conclude that in Belgium, and broader, solutions need to be found for relational issues internal and external to the project core. Before a lot of attention was given to technical and legal project aspects, while our insights show that we should focus more on the relational aspects.

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  • Laura Molinari & Elvira Haezendonck & Katrien Van Rompay & Vincent Mabillard & Michaël Dooms, 2024. "Persisting Cost Overruns in Public Infrastructure Projects: Lessons From the Belgian Case," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/374781, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
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