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Dhaka Power System Upgrade Project

ADB needs to pay more attention to capacity assessment during inception. The executing agencies had insufficient capacity to carry out procurement, bid evaluation and other processes, resulting in significant delays. This capacity deficit within the executing agencies was not identified during inception. [Main text, paras. 39,45,62]

Project Name

Dhaka Power System Upgrade Project

Project Number
28025-013
Report Date
12 Jan 2010
Report Link
http://www.adb.org/projects/documents/dhaka-power-system-upgrade-project
Report Source
Self-evaluation
Country
Bangladesh
Sector
Energy
Electricity transmission and distribution
Report Rating
Successful

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