Benamghar, RadiaIimi, Atsushi2012-03-192012-03-192011-07-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3501Transport infrastructure is important for economic growth. In Nepal, about 20 percent of rural residents have to spend more than 3 hours to go to the nearest marketplace or agriculture center. Public procurement is an important policy instrument to use resources wisely and efficiently. This paper analyzes a series of policy questions, from procurement design to contract management and project quality assurance. The paper finds that the competition effect is significant. To enhance competition, bidding documents can be distributed free of charge on a website. The bid preparation period can be extended. Security issues are also found to be particularly important to avoid unnecessary cost overruns and project delays. Heavy rainfall and the bidders' low-balling strategy are identified as other factors of project delays. The quality of roads would deteriorate with not only security incidence but also time, precipitation and traffic volume.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESSIBILITYAFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONSAUCTIONAUCTIONSAVERAGE DAILY TRAFFICBANK PROCUREMENTBANK PROCUREMENT GUIDELINESBARRIER TO ENTRYBID EVALUATIONBID EVALUATION PROCEDURESBID EVALUATION PROCESSBID EVALUATION STAGEBID OPENINGBID PRICEBIDDERBIDDERSBIDDING DOCUMENTSBIDSCAPACITY BUILDINGCIVIL WORKSCOMPETITIVE BIDDINGCONFLICTCONFLICTSCONSTRAINTCONTRACT AWARDCONTRACT AWARD PROCESSCONTRACT COSTCONTRACT MANAGEMENTCONTRACT PACKAGINGCONTRACT PERFORMANCECONTRACT PRICESCONTRACTORCONTRACTORSCOST ESTIMATECOST ESTIMATESDECENTRALIZATIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT BANKDEVELOPMENT PROJECTDRIVINGDUMMY VARIABLEDUMMY VARIABLESECONOMIES OF SCALEELASTICITYEQUIPMENTEVALUATION PERIODEXPENDITUREEXPRESSIONS OF INTERESTFLAGFLAGSFUELGOOD PROCUREMENTGOVERNMENT CAPACITIESGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEAVY TRAFFICHIGHWAYHIGHWAY CONSTRUCTIONHOLDINGIBRDINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINFRASTRUCTURE FINANCINGINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTSINSTRUMENTINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTLACK OF COMPETITIONLANESLENGTH OF ROADSLIVING STANDARDSLOCAL BUSINESSLOCAL BUSINESSESLOCAL CONTRACTORSLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOCAL INFRASTRUCTURELOCAL MARKETMARKET PRICEMINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENTMOBILITYNATIONSNOISEORIGINAL CONTRACTPOSITIVE COEFFICIENTPOTENTIAL BIDDERSPROCUREMENT ACTPROCUREMENT ENVIRONMENTPROCUREMENT GUIDELINESPROCUREMENT PERFORMANCEPROCUREMENT PLANNINGPROCUREMENT PROCESSPROCUREMENT SYSTEMPROCUREMENT SYSTEMSPROJECT DESIGNPROJECT IMPLEMENTATIONPROSPECTIVE BIDDERSPUBLICPUBLIC CONTRACTSPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC OFFICIALSPUBLIC PROCUREMENTPUBLIC PROCUREMENT MARKETPUBLIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEMSPUBLIC ROADPUBLIC SECTOR PROCUREMENTPUBLIC TENDERSPUBLIC WORKSQUALIFIED BIDDERSRECONSTRUCTIONREHABILITATIONRENEGOTIATIONROADROAD CONDITIONSROAD DEVELOPMENTROAD MAINTENANCEROAD MANAGEMENTROAD NETWORKROAD PROJECTSROAD QUALITYROADSRULE OF LAWRURAL ROADSSUPPLIERSTECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONSTENDER NOTICESTENDERINGTRAFFICTRAFFIC SPEEDTRAFFIC VOLUMETRANSACTIONTRANSPARENCYTRANSPORTTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT MANAGEMENTTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORT SPECIALISTSTRANSPORTATIONTRAVEL COSTSTRAVEL TIMETRUEVEHICLEVIOLENCEVOLUME OF TRAFFICWINNING BIDWORLD DEVELOPMENTWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5736