Institutional Development and Good Governance in the Highway Sector : Learning from Gujarat

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 infrastruc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Bandyopadhyay, Arnab, Stankevich, Natalya
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27815

Description
Summary:	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.

Institutional Development and Good Governance in the Highway Sector : Learning from Gujarat

Similar Items