The government is reportedly considering a host of measures to prevent fund wastage in public projects. Those entrusted with these tasks will no doubt have plenty of accounting and tweaking to do if they want to cut costs, but there is one thing beyond finances that can make a big impact: ensuring accountability. Public projects in Bangladesh are routinely plagued by corruption and irregularities that invariably shoot up costs, such as inflated bills, budget overruns caused by delays, post-project repairs hastened by low-quality work, etc. If all such drains on public funds can be checked properly, public undertakings would be a lot less expensive. Source
