International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach struggles with the door before requesting another key as he moves into the Olympic village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 28, 2016. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee warned organizers of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro five years ago that construction contracts they drew up could give developers incentives to cut corners, presaging problems with athletes' housing that drew complaints from several countries this week, documents showed.
Rio's city government, responsible for the vast majority of infrastructure projects for the Games, has used public-private partnerships, or PPPs, to get private firms to cover the cost of building venues in return for permission to build real estate on the sites.
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