Improving Transport Project Appraisals
In the Islamic Countries
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SECTION 2: APPRAISAL OF TRANSPORT PROJECTS IN OIC MEMBER
COUNTRIES
3 Results of the survey
A survey has been carried out focused on project appraisal in OIC member countries. The
conceptual framework has been used to assess the way transport projects are appraised in OIC
member countries. Summarised results are presented in this section. Annex 3 presents more
elaborate results of the survey.
3.1 Survey response
The survey was sent out to 62 contact persons of 38 different OIC Member States. Responses
were received from the following countries:
1. Afghanistan33
2. Azerbaijan
3. Nigeria
4. Somalia
5. Gambia
6. Mauritania
7. Iran34
8. Iraq
9. Morocco
10. Cote d’Ivoire
11. Jordan
12. Turkey35
3.2 Summary of survey results
3.2.1 Legal Basis
The first question asked whether there is a legal obligation to perform project appraisals for
transport infrastructure projects ndicates that the large majority of the respondents
indicated that there is in fact a legal obligation to perform project appraisals.
33 2 responses were received from Afghanistan. One response is used in the presentation of the results below.
34 2 responses were received from Iran. One response is used in the presentation of the results below.
35 8 responses were received from Turkey. One response is used in the presentation of the results below.