June 2020

CIB W107 – Construction in Developing Countries“Improving the Performance of Construction Industries in Developing Countries:
Programmes, initiatives, achievements and challenges”
We are happy to announce CIB W107 will be submitting
a book manuscript to Taylor & Francis. Book Title:“Improving the Performance of Construction Industries
in Developing Countries: Programmes, initiatives,achievements and challenges”.
This book documents the experiences, development,and prospects of the construction industry in numerous
developing countries. It will provide a strong base ofreference for countries looking to improve theirconstruction industries as part of their wider economicdevelopment programme. The opening chapter
presents a strategic overview of the contents of thebook, and each country specific chapter is structured toconsider
thelegalandpolicy
frameworks;
administrative infrastructure and procedures; and theimplementation mechanisms as well as the experiences,current activities and future plans and programmes withrespect to construction industry development in eachcountry. The concluding chapter looks forward andconsiders the implications of future trends for theconstruction industries in developing countries, and theactions which will be required to address them.
Chapters cover: India, Singapore, Chile, South Africa,Tanzania, Malaysia, Botswana, Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria,Indonesia, China, Ethiopia and Eswatini (formerlySwaziland). Readers will learn from the detailed country
specific cases the wealth of comparable stories from theglobal coverage.
Building on important scholarly works in the field, thisbook is essential reading for academics, researchersand policy makers in the Built Environment, Economics,Construction Management, Infrastructure Management,
and the wider construction industry.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF BOOK EDITORS:Professor P D Rwelamila
P. D. Rwelamila is a Professor of Project Managementand Procurement Systems at the University of SouthAfrica Graduate School of Business Leadership (GSBL),‘B’ Rated researcher by the South African National
Research Foundation (NRF). Joint coordinator: CIB W107: Construction in developing countries; past
President: South African Council for Project andConstruction Management Professions (SACPCMP), past
Chairperson & non-executive director of MSINGIConstruction Project Management (Pty) Ltd, past Vice
President (Education): the CIOB – Africa, former SeniorPartner of Quantum Consultants (Pty) Ltd, Gaborone,
Botswana and Principal Cost Engineer. He is a registeredprofessional project manager with SACPCMP (SouthAfrica). He is a Fellow CIOB (UK).
Professor Abdul-Rashid Abdul-Aziz
Rashid Abdul Aziz is a Professor at the School of Housing
Building and Planning, University Sains Malaysia inMalaysia. Beginning September 2019, he is attachedwith the Faculty of Built Environment, University
Malaysia Sarawak, under a two-year secondment
programme. He was a co-editor-in chief for the Journalof Construction in Developing Countries. He is a fellowof the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors,member of the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia
and registered Quantity Surveyor. He is an accreditation
panelist for the Malaysian Qualification Agency, Boardof Quantity Surveyors Malaysia, Royal Institution ofSurveyors Malaysia, and Royal Institution of CharteredSurveyors.

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CIB W107:
The aim of this commission is to study and effectively
disseminate the possible ways and means by which theconstruction industry of developing countries can becontinuously improved to enable them to fulfill the tasks
required of them in the nations’ drive to achieve socialand economic progress.
Contact Information:
Prof P D Rwelamina
University of South Africa (UNISA)South Africa
Email: rwelapmd@unisa.ac.za
Prof Abdul-Rashid Abdul-Aziz
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak/Universiti Sains Malaysia
Malaysia
Email: azarashid@unimas.myInformation
More information about the CIB Commission W107 isto be found here.
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