Restructuring Highway Agencies - The FinnRa Case : Options for Africa?

Until the late 1970s, the Finnish Road and Waterways Administration (RWA), under Finland's Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC), operated as a highly centralized, monopolistic agency. The country's thirteen road management...

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Main Authors:	Ojala, Lauri, Sirvio, Esko
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCIDENTS ACCOUNT ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS ADVERTISING ARTERIES BARRIERS TO ENTRY BICYCLES BUDGETARY RESOURCES BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CARGO CARGO TRAFFIC COMPETITIVENESS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS COST EFFICIENCY CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS DEDICATED ROAD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES EXPENDITURE FIXED COST FIXED COSTS FRAMEWORK HARMONIZATION HIGHWAY HIGHWAY AGENCIES IMAGE INFORMATION NETWORK INJURIES INJURY INJURY ACCIDENTS INSPECTION LAND USE MAIN ROADS MANAGERIAL SKILLS MARKET PRICES MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION OUTSOURCING PAVED ROADS PEDESTRIANS PRIVATE ROAD PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENTS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC RELATIONS PUBLIC ROADS PUBLIC TRANSPORT RAILWAYS RESULT RESULTS ROAD ROAD ADMINISTRATION ROAD AGENCIES ROAD AGENCY ROAD AUTHORITY ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD DISTRICTS ROAD FINANCE ROAD FUND ROAD INFORMATION ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD MANAGEMENT ROAD NETWORK ROAD PLANNING ROAD SECTOR ROADS SERVICE PROVIDERS SUPERVISION SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT TARGETS TAX TELECOM TOLLS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC FLOW TRAFFIC FLOWS TRAFFIC SAFETY TRAFFIC VOLUME TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT DEMAND TRANSPORT POLICIES TRANSPORT PROJECTS USER USER CHARGES USERS VEHICLE VEHICLE INSPECTION VEHICLES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/08/12356961/restructuring-highway-agencies-finnra-case-options-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9836

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topic	ACCIDENTS ACCOUNT ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS ADVERTISING ARTERIES BARRIERS TO ENTRY BICYCLES BUDGETARY RESOURCES BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CARGO CARGO TRAFFIC COMPETITIVENESS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS COST EFFICIENCY CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS DEDICATED ROAD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES EXPENDITURE FIXED COST FIXED COSTS FRAMEWORK HARMONIZATION HIGHWAY HIGHWAY AGENCIES IMAGE INFORMATION NETWORK INJURIES INJURY INJURY ACCIDENTS INSPECTION LAND USE MAIN ROADS MANAGERIAL SKILLS MARKET PRICES MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION OUTSOURCING PAVED ROADS PEDESTRIANS PRIVATE ROAD PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENTS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC RELATIONS PUBLIC ROADS PUBLIC TRANSPORT RAILWAYS RESULT RESULTS ROAD ROAD ADMINISTRATION ROAD AGENCIES ROAD AGENCY ROAD AUTHORITY ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD DISTRICTS ROAD FINANCE ROAD FUND ROAD INFORMATION ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD MANAGEMENT ROAD NETWORK ROAD PLANNING ROAD SECTOR ROADS SERVICE PROVIDERS SUPERVISION SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT TARGETS TAX TELECOM TOLLS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC FLOW TRAFFIC FLOWS TRAFFIC SAFETY TRAFFIC VOLUME TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT DEMAND TRANSPORT POLICIES TRANSPORT PROJECTS USER USER CHARGES USERS VEHICLE VEHICLE INSPECTION VEHICLES
spellingShingle	ACCIDENTS ACCOUNT ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS ADVERTISING ARTERIES BARRIERS TO ENTRY BICYCLES BUDGETARY RESOURCES BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CARGO CARGO TRAFFIC COMPETITIVENESS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS COST EFFICIENCY CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS DEDICATED ROAD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES EXPENDITURE FIXED COST FIXED COSTS FRAMEWORK HARMONIZATION HIGHWAY HIGHWAY AGENCIES IMAGE INFORMATION NETWORK INJURIES INJURY INJURY ACCIDENTS INSPECTION LAND USE MAIN ROADS MANAGERIAL SKILLS MARKET PRICES MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION OUTSOURCING PAVED ROADS PEDESTRIANS PRIVATE ROAD PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENTS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC RELATIONS PUBLIC ROADS PUBLIC TRANSPORT RAILWAYS RESULT RESULTS ROAD ROAD ADMINISTRATION ROAD AGENCIES ROAD AGENCY ROAD AUTHORITY ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD DISTRICTS ROAD FINANCE ROAD FUND ROAD INFORMATION ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD MANAGEMENT ROAD NETWORK ROAD PLANNING ROAD SECTOR ROADS SERVICE PROVIDERS SUPERVISION SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT TARGETS TAX TELECOM TOLLS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC FLOW TRAFFIC FLOWS TRAFFIC SAFETY TRAFFIC VOLUME TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT DEMAND TRANSPORT POLICIES TRANSPORT PROJECTS USER USER CHARGES USERS VEHICLE VEHICLE INSPECTION VEHICLES Ojala, Lauri Sirvio, Esko Restructuring Highway Agencies - The FinnRa Case : Options for Africa?
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description	Until the late 1970s, the Finnish Road and Waterways Administration (RWA), under Finland's Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC), operated as a highly centralized, monopolistic agency. The country's thirteen road management districts had little or no decision-making authority. Outsourcing construction works was limited, contracting maintenance services was rare, and RWA often implemented its road construction projects using in-house labor and rented machinery and vehicles. Following the oil crisis of 1974, public resources were constrained and road expenditure was targeted at maintenance rather than at new construction. Simultaneously, RWA's focus shifted to construction management (rather than actual execution of works) and to maintenance activities. Outsourcing of planning, design, and construction services became more prevalent. New, more user-friendly procurement procedures were introduced, facilitating the use of private small contractors. This trend continued through the 1980s, when individual road districts assumed the practice of slicing up the procurement of works into sufficiently small contracts to allow small regional-based contractors to bid for them.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Ojala, Lauri Sirvio, Esko
author_facet	Ojala, Lauri Sirvio, Esko
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title	Restructuring Highway Agencies - The FinnRa Case : Options for Africa?
title_short	Restructuring Highway Agencies - The FinnRa Case : Options for Africa?
title_full	Restructuring Highway Agencies - The FinnRa Case : Options for Africa?
title_fullStr	Restructuring Highway Agencies - The FinnRa Case : Options for Africa?
title_full_unstemmed	Restructuring Highway Agencies - The FinnRa Case : Options for Africa?
title_sort	restructuring highway agencies - the finnra case : options for africa?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/08/12356961/restructuring-highway-agencies-finnra-case-options-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9836
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