PRODUCT 4. The ROCKS Worldwide Database created with data collected primarily from World Bank financed projects has more than 1,500 records. All data has been compiled into a single file that it is available and provides the basis for future data collection.

Description of the Data in the consolidated Database WORLD.

Sources of Information: Mainly from World Bank Implementation Completion Reports, Project Appraisal Documents, and actual Civil Works Contracts, but also from Project Supervision Reports, Pavement Management Information Systems, and Procurement and Disbursements Reports.

There are 433 records for Programs and 1,079 records for Sections, with a very good distribution between the number of estimates, contracts and actuals.

The existing database has data from 65 developing countries. For the majority of countries only a few lines of data are available, and for some others such as Brazil, Chile, Russia, Poland, Ghana, Uganda, India, Thailand, Philippines and Bangladesh, there is a large set of data.