Getting infrastructure costs right: The tool that could save governments billions Stéphane StraubHe He June 30, 2026 This page in: English Español 中文

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/developmenttalk/getting-infrastructure-costs-right--the-tool-that-could-save-gov Cost overruns are not an anomaly in infrastructure. Globally, transport projects routinely exceed their initial budgets. Behind many of these overruns is a surprisingly basic problem: governments do not have reliable tools to estimate what a road or railway should cost before they commit to building it.