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100	1		_aTENNANT, Sandria _943506
245	1	0	_aThe politics of infrastructural projects : _ba case for evidence-based policymaking
260			_aPhiladelphia : _bRoutledge, _cMarch 2010
520	3		_aMany developing countries currently face tightening fiscal constraints as a result of the global financial crisis and associated reduction in both credit and demand. Policymarkers therefore have less fiscal space within which to undertake projects, so the opportunity cost of any misallocation of resources will be correspondingly higher. There is therefore an increasing need to rely more on evidence-based policymaking (EBPM). The is particularly so for large infrastructural projects, as these tend to be costly, and especially for transportation projects as these are particularly prone to result in sub-optimal outcomes. This paper examines the policy process for the implementation of the Jamaican Highway 2000, one of the largest and most costly infrastructure projects in Jamaica in recent years. A number of primary and secondary data sources were explored to ascertain the extent to which the decision to implement the project reflects a case for evidence-based decision-making in practice. This made it clear that the decision was taken at least partly on political grounds, largely in the absence of any supportive evidence, and on the basis of over-optimistic and unrealistic assumptions, and that this has created a number of serious, long-term challenges for Jamaica
700	1		_aCLAYTON, Anthony _943507
773	0	8	_tInternational Journal of Public Administration - IJPA _g33, 4, p. 182-191 _dPhiladelphia : Routledge, March 2010 _xISSN 01900692 _w
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999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c37844 _d37844
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