A Review of Institutional Arrangements for Road Asset Management : Lessons for the Developing World

The type of institutional arrangement for managing roads adopted by a country depends on the objectives and performance that it sets for its road networks. This paper reviews such arrangements for selected countries; China, Brazil, Slovenia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and the Slovak Republic. These countries have adopted different approaches in several dimensions, such as decentralization, sources of financing, management structure, and modal responsibility. This paper reviews main factors affecting the efficiency of road agencies and describes the steps taken in creating a new institution, or transforming an existing one, and assesses the effort required to achieve such results. In all countries reviewed, the ministry responsible for the transport sector remains the authority responsible for the overall transport policy and for putting in place checks and balances for good governance and management of fiscal risk. The main aspects of institutional reforms that can contribute to increase the efficiency of road and transport agencies include: improved institutional structures, separation of the client and supplier functions, separation of client and supplier organizations, privatization of the supplier organizations, establishment of an executive agency or a commercialized (client) organization, user participation through oversight boards, improving management information systems, and seeking additional sources of financing.

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Main Authors:	Queiroz, Cesar, Kerali, Henry
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2010-04
Subjects:	ACCESS ROADS, ACCESSIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, ADB, AIRPORT, AIRPORTS, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AUDITS, BRIDGE, BRIDGES, BUSES, CAPITAL MARKETS, CAR, CARGO, CARS, CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS, COMMERCIAL BANKS, CONGESTION, COUNTY ROADS, CROSSINGS, DEBT, DEBT SERVICE, DECENTRALIZATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT, DREDGING, DRIVER LICENSING, DRIVING, ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRONIC TOLL, ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION, EMISSIONS, EMPLOYMENT, EXPRESSWAYS, FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, FINANCING OF ROADS, FRAMEWORK, FREIGHT, FREIGHT TRAFFIC, FUEL, FUEL TAX, FUNDS FOR ROADS, GOODS VEHICLES, GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES, HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION, HIGHWAY NETWORK, HIGHWAY SYSTEM, HIGHWAYS, HOUSING, IMPACT OF TRANSPORT, INCOME, INFLATION, INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGES, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INLAND WATERWAY, INSURANCE, INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE, INVENTORY, JOURNEY, JOURNEY TIME, JOURNEY TIME RELIABILITY, LAND TRANSPORT, LANES, LAWS, LENGTH OF MOTORWAYS, LICENSES, LIGHTING COLUMNS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL ROADS, LUMINESCENCE, MAIN ROAD, MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, MANAGEMENT OF ROADS, MARKET DISCIPLINE, MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, MOTORCYCLES, MOTORWAY INFRASTRUCTURE, MOTORWAY NETWORK, MOTORWAY SECTIONS, MOTORWAYS, MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS, NATIONAL ROADS, NATIONAL ROADS AUTHORITY, OPERATING EXPENSES, OPERATING RISK, PASSENGER, PASSENGER TRANSPORT, PAVEMENT, PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, PENALTIES, PMS, POLICE, POLLUTION, PRIVATE ROADS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION, PRIVATIZATION, PROFITABILITY, PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS, PSP, PUBLIC, PUBLIC AGENCIES, PUBLIC BORROWING, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, PUBLIC RESOURCES, PUBLIC ROAD, PUBLIC ROAD NETWORK, PUBLIC ROADS, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC SPENDING, PUBLIC SUBVENTIONS, PUBLIC WORKS, RAIL, RAIL NETWORK, RAIL TRANSPORT, RAILWAY, RAILWAY NETWORKS, RAILWAYS, RECONSTRUCTION, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REORGANIZATION, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRANSPORT, RETIREMENT, RETURN ON INVESTMENT, ROAD, ROAD ADMINISTRATION, ROAD AGENCIES, ROAD AGENCY, ROAD AUTHORITIES, ROAD AUTHORITY, ROAD CONCESSIONS, ROAD DEVELOPMENT, ROAD FINANCING, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD MANAGEMENT, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD NETWORKS, ROAD PROJECTS, ROAD SAFETY, ROAD SECTOR, ROAD SERVICES, ROAD SPACE, ROAD STRUCTURES, ROAD SURFACE, ROAD SYSTEM, ROAD TRAFFIC, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROAD TRANSPORT SECTOR, ROAD USE, ROAD USER, ROAD USER CHARGES, ROAD USER CHARGING, ROAD USERS, ROAD WORKS, ROADS, ROUGHNESS, RUNWAYS, RURAL ACCESS, RURAL ACCESS ROADS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL ROADS, SIGNS, SPEEDS, STATE HIGHWAY, STATE HIGHWAY PROGRAM, STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM, STATE HIGHWAYS, STRUCTURES, SUBSIDIARY, SUBVENTIONS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TOLL, TOLL COLLECTION, TOLL INCREASES, TOLL RATES, TOLL REVENUES, TOLL ROAD, TOLL ROADS, TOLLS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRAFFIC FLOW, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC VOLUMES, TRANSIT, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT AGENCIES, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORT INDUSTRY, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT INVESTMENT, TRANSPORT MARKET, TRANSPORT MODE, TRANSPORT MODES, TRANSPORT NETWORK, TRANSPORT PLANNING, TRANSPORT POLICIES, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT PROJECTS, TRANSPORT RESEARCH, TRANSPORT SAFETY, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT STRATEGY, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION PERFORMANCE, TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH, TRUCKS, TRUNK ROADS, TUNNEL, TUNNELS, UNDERPINNING, UNDESIGNATED ROADS, VEHICLE, VEHICLE CATEGORY, VEHICLE KILOMETERS, VEHICLE OPERATING, VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS, VEHICLE OWNERSHIP,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/04/12840758/review-institutional-arrangements-road-asset-management-lessons-developing-world http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17451
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