INTRODUCTION
“Are we investing on the right project?” is a fundamental question, raised by public regarding new investment(s). This relates to various project types, such as education, community development and social welfare etc. This study is limited to address the concerns related to transport infrastructure development projects. At present, Sri Lanka is investing heavily on transport infrastructure development projects. 93% of the development activities (which is 31% of the total budget) are spent on transport related investment (Department of National Budget; Ministry of Finance and Planning, 2013). This is not limited to large scale projects such as transport terminal development, expressway construction, but also fairly small projects like improving rural access roads. While some groups are in favour of these investment decisions, others question the effectiveness of those investments continuously (Jayakody, 2014; Pothmulla, 2014) and insists on more careful consideration on environmental and social impacts (Mudugamuwa, 2014).
However, with the absence of proper evaluation methodology to evaluate the impacts of such infrastructure development, those questions are remained unanswered or ignored due to lack of evidence to prove what has really happened with such investments. Some protects fail to achieve intended outcomes due to the changes made at latter stages due to social pressure. If those aspects are properly paid attention at early stages and necessary remedial actions were taken could have easily achieved intended outcomes. This policy dialogue has aroused the necessity to assess the current appraisal practices. Therefore this study reviews both academic and grey literature on transport project appraisal to identify ...
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When construction takes place, it is usually way before it is actually needed. Of course it is helping prevent dangerous and fatal occurrences but for the most part some of these changes can wait. Instead of spending so much money on our transportation category we should be putting more into education. “The money that the Federal Budget gives for education covers college aid loans, special education programs, free lunch to students in need, anti-discrimination efforts, research, and special programs” (Document D). Education is one of the most important things a person can have. ”
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Cities all over the world are developing. As war ended in 1942, a significant number of people move to the city because they want to improve life. This urbanization process is causing a number of problems and should be met by sustainable development policies. In the beginning, it is important to know the definition of sustainable development. There are some definitions for sustainable development, but simply they say that sustainable development is a development which using resources now and preserving them for future generations (Adams, 1999, p.137). This concept has been agreed internationally at a Rio Conference in 1992 to be implemented by all government policies which mostly known as “Agenda 21” principles (Adams, 1999, p.141). This paper will show that traffic jams and housing problems caused by urbanization can be met by sustainable development policies. The structure of this paper will first explain the situation that leads to traffic jams and housing problems. Next, it will elaborate the sustainable development solutions, implications for the solutions, and evaluations how effective the sustainable development solutions solved the problems.
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