What are the challenges for implementing successful projects? How can limited resources be utilized sustainably to produce much-needed infrastructure? How can fraud be prevented and oversight implemented that does not detract from project performance? The book attempts to understand not just the mechanism and objective of project performance audits but also the environment in which they are intended to be implemented. Topics addressed include: project stakeholders, project governance, project risk assessment, accountability, project assurance, project organization, operational audit, auditor ethics and independence, internal audit, existing audit standards & frameworks and alternate approaches to project evaluation.