Institutional Development and Good Governance in the Highway Sector

The World Bank financed the Gujarat State Highway Project (GSHP) during 2001-07. The project development objective was to enhance the capacity of the Government of Gujarat (GOG) for effective and efficient planning and management of road infrastructure, while concurrently maximizing existing road infrastructure asset productivity through priority investments and increased maintenance funding. The project not only achieved its objective and targets successfully, but also was implemented with a significant cost reduction (about 23 percent). The GSHP resulted in a reduction in the backlog of major maintenance and an improved network to meet rapidly growing transport demand in the state. The project had the unique distinction of no contract disputes, a rarity among the highway development projects in India. The project also set best practices in developing and managing a very comprehensive asset management system, state of the art quality assurance framework and a very comprehensive training and capacity building program. The annual road sector allocation has grown from USD 30 million in 1995-1996 to an impressive USD 610 million in 2010-11, currently the second largest among all the Indian states. This study attempts to identify the key elements of the Gujarat road sector reforms and explores whether and, if so, how such reforms can be replicated across other Indian states and possibly even in other countries in the region.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Bandyopadhyay, Arnab, Stankevich, Natalya
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2010
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, ACQUISITION ACT, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, ADMINISTRATIVE HIERARCHY, AIRPORT, ALL WEATHER ROADS, AMBITION, ASSET MANAGEMENT, ASSET VALUE, AVERAGE TRAVEL SPEEDS, AXLE LOADS, BANKS, BRIDGE, BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, BRIDGES, BUREAUCRACY, BUREAUCRATIC PROCEDURES, CADRES, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPITAL PROJECTS, CARRIAGEWAY, CENTRAL AGENCIES, CITIZENS, COMPETING ROUTES, COMPETITIVE BIDDING, COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS, CONCESSIONS, CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION METHODS, CORE ROAD NETWORK, CULVERTS, DECISION MAKING, DECISION-MAKERS, DECISION-MAKING, DISCLOSURE, DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION, DISTRICT ROADS, DRIVERS, EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE, EFFICIENT TRAVEL, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, EMPLOYMENT, ENACTMENT, EXECUTION, EXPENDITURE, EXPRESSWAYS, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL SERVICES, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FISCAL CRISIS, FOREST ROADS, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOOD ROADS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, GOVERNMENT SERVICES, GOVERNMENT STAKEHOLDERS, GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES, HEAVY VEHICLE, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY AGENCIES, HIGHWAY DESIGN, HIGHWAY NETWORK, HIGHWAY PROJECT, HIGHWAY PROJECTS, HIGHWAYS, HOUSING, HUMAN RESOURCE, HUMAN RESOURCES, HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, INCOME, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INSPECTION, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INSTITUTIONAL REFORM, INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS, INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES, INSURANCE, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, ISO, LAND ACQUISITION, LAND TRANSPORT, LAWS, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LEGITIMACY, LOCAL CONTRACTORS, LOCAL TRAFFIC, MAIN ROAD, MAJOR ROADS, MANAGEMENT OF ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, MINISTERS, MOTOR VEHICLE, MOTOR VEHICLE DENSITY, MOTOR VEHICLES, MUNICIPALITIES, NATIONAL HIGHWAYS, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL POLICIES, NATIONAL POLICY, NATIONAL POLICY FRAMEWORK, OPERATIONAL RISK, PASSENGER, PASSENGER TRAFFIC, PATH, PAVED ROADS, PAVEMENT, PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT, PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PAVEMENT STRUCTURE, PAVEMENTS, PERIODIC MAINTENANCE, POLICE, POLITICIANS, PORTS, PRIVATE SECTOR CONCESSIONAIRE, PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION, PRODUCTIVITY, PSP, PUBLIC FINANCE, PUBLIC FINANCING, PUBLIC HOUSING, PUBLIC INFORMATION, PUBLIC INVESTMENTS, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, PUBLIC ROADS, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SUPPORT, PUBLIC WORKS, RAIL, RAILWAYS, RECONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, REPRESENTATIVES, RESETTLEMENT, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, ROAD, ROAD AGENCIES, ROAD AGENCY, ROAD AUTHORITIES, ROAD CATEGORIES, ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ROAD DEVELOPMENT, ROAD EXPENDITURES, ROAD FINANCING, ROAD IMPROVEMENT, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, ROAD INFORMATION, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD INVESTMENT, ROAD LENGTHS, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD MANAGEMENT, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD NETWORKS, ROAD PAVEMENTS, ROAD PLANNING, ROAD PROJECTS, ROAD QUALITY, ROAD ROUGHNESS, ROAD SAFETY, ROAD SECTOR, ROAD SYSTEM, ROAD TRAFFIC, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROAD USER, ROAD USER COSTS, ROAD USERS, ROAD WORKS, ROADS, ROUGHNESS, ROUTE, ROUTES, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, RURAL ROAD, RURAL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, RURAL ROADS, SANITATION, SERVICE ROADS, SHARING, SHRINKAGE, SPEED, STATE AGENCIES, STATE BUDGET, STATE GOVERNMENT, STATE HIGHWAY, STATE HIGHWAYS, STRUCTURES, SUBSIDIARY, SURFACE TRANSPORT, TAX, TECHNOCRAT, THROUGH TRAFFIC, TOLL, TOLL COLLECTION, TOLL PLAZA, TOLL RATES, TOLL REVENUES, TOLL ROAD, TOLL ROAD DEVELOPMENT, TOLL SCHEME, TOLLS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC COUNTS, TRAFFIC INFORMATION, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT CORRIDORS, TRANSPORT DEMAND, TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT, TRANSPORT RESEARCH, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT STRATEGY, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, TRAVEL TIME, TRUE, UNDERPINNING, URBAN TRANSPORT, VEHICLE, VEHICLE CLASS, VEHICLE OPERATING, VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS, VEHICLE OPERATION, VEHICLE OWNERSHIP, VEHICLES, VILLAGE ROADS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/980841468258563597/Institutional-development-and-good-governance-in-the-highway-sector-learning-from-Gujarat https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27815
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