
Foundations for Change
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: The Economic Framework
- Introduction
- A Statistical Overview
- Value Added in Construction
- Investment in Construction
- Employment
- Construction Output
- Imports
- A Word of Caution
- Annex 1: The Basic Relationship
- Annex 2: Construction Statistics Circa 1979
- Chapter 2: The Institutional Framework
- The Evolution of the Contractual Framework
- The Large Contractor
- The Small Contractor
- The Small Contractor and the Contractual System
- Classification
- The Tendering System
- Bidding Procedures
- Contract Financing
- Executing the Job-and Getting Paid!
- Chapter 3: The Case of Ghana
- The Industry and the Economy
- Administration
- Pricing Policies and Government Regulations
- The Construction Scene
- Consultant Organization
- Contractor Organization
- Problems
- Procedures and Systems
- A Restricting Environment
- The Lessons
- Chapter 4: The Case of Sri Lanka
- The Environment
- The Construction Scene
- Procedures and Systems
- Registration of Contractors
- Types of Contract
- Contract Awards
- Specifications
- Conditions of Contract
- Problems
- Technology
- The Lessons
- Chapter 5: Releasing the Constraints
- Towards an Equitable Institutional Framework
- The Concept of Contractor Development Agencies
- Links with Contractors
- CDA links with Government
- Balance, Judgement and Sensitivity
- The Way Forward
- Annex: The Kenya National Construction Corporation-A CDA in Practice
- References
- Appendix: Some Lessons from Other ILO Studies
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