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Chan, T K and Hiap, P T (2012) A balanced scorecard approach to measuring industry performance. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 17(S1), 23-41.
Halim, M S A, Jaafar, M, Osman, O and Shariff Haniff, M (2012) Financial ratio analysis: An assessment of Malaysian contracting firms. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 17(S1), 71-8.
Johar, N (2017) Community participation: A cementing process, theorizing various dimensions and approaches. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 22(S1), 47-61.
Loganathan, S, Srinath, P, Kumaraswamy, M, Kalidindi, S and Varghese, K (2017) Identifying and addressing critical issues in the Indian construction industry: Perspectives of large building construction clients. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 22(S1), 121-44.
Malik, K (2017) Assessment of energy consumption pattern and energy conservation potential at Indian airports. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 22(S1), 97-119.
Ofori, G and Toor, S R (2012) Leadership and construction industry development in developing countries. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 17(S1), 1-21.
Parthasarathy, M K, Murugasan, R and Murugesan, K (2017) A critical review of factors affecting manpower and equipment productivity in tall building construction projects. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 22(S1), 1-18.
Paul, V K and Seth, V (2017) Benchmarking and objective selection of technologies for housing in India using quality function deployment. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 22(S1), 63-78.
Rwelamila, P D (2012) Research contribution to innovation in infrastructure development in Africa: Assessing the status. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 17(S1), 43-56.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Africa; implementation of research results; infrastructure sector
- ISBN/ISSN: 1823-6499
- URL: http://web.usm.my/jcdc/vol17_s1_2012/Art%203_jcdc17-s1.pdf
- Abstract:
After completing the two phases of preliminary research, this paper reports major findings that are directed towards two primary objectives. The first is to assess numerous research findings on the challenges of the African Infrastructure Sector (AIS) that are not currently being employed by various academic and research institutions. The second is to clearly identify the primary factors that contribute to the disconnection between the research findings and the implementation of innovation in the sector. This paper reports that most of the challenges have solutions that have been provided in various documents, while the majority of the challenges that necessitated these research projects continue to negatively affect the AIS. This paper aims to initiate a debate on the need to re-examine the currently existing research findings and convert them to an applied form that is ready for use by practitioners and policy makers. A variety of methods and techniques was used to gather the information contained in the paper, but the primary methods used were reviewing work from researchers across the world regarding the implementation of research findings, reviewing previously published research results on the challenges facing the AIS and semi-structured interviews with senior researchers and policy implementers in randomly selected African countries. The findings of these studies strongly suggest that researchers within these countries continue to present their findings at various forums but that very little of the research is translated for implementation. A number of causes of this situation are identified herein and recommendations for addressing the challenges are given. © Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2012.
Seethapathy, S and Henderson, J H (2017) Management of construction waste in nuclear and thermal power plant projects in India. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 22(S1), 19-46.
Tadayon, M, Jaafar, M and Nasri, E (2012) An assessment of risk identification in large construction projects in Iran. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 17(S1), 57-69.
Venkateswaran, C B and Murugasan, R (2017) Time delay and cost overrun of road over bridge construction projects in India. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 22(S1), 79-96.