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 Ze...

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Main Authors:	Queiroz, Cesar, Kerali, Henry
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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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Summary:	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.

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

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