Managing risk in a large rural electrification programme in India

Authors: Bhattacharyya, Subhes C.; Dey, Prasanta K.

Source: Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, Volume 25, Number 1, March 2007 , pp. 15-26(12)

Publisher: Beech Tree Publishing

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Abstract:

Rural electrification projects and programmes in many countries have suffered from design, planning, implementation and operational flaws as a result of ineffective project planning and lack of systematic project risk analysis. This paper presents a hierarchical risk-management framework for effectively managing large-scale development projects. The proposed framework first identifies, with the involvement of stakeholders, the risk factors for a rural electrification programme at three different levels (national, state and site). Subsequently it develops a qualitative risk prioritising scheme through probability and severity mapping and provides mitigating measures for most vulnerable risks. The study concludes that the hierarchical risk-management approach provides an effective framework for managing large-scale rural electrification programmes.

Keywords: RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; RISK IDENTIFICATION; RISK MAPPING; RISK MITIGATION

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.3152/146155107X190587

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