Literature on Road Sector Reform
Title |
Description
/ Abstract |
Institutional
& Management Structures for Roads,
Knowledge Base of the World Bank |
This
knowledge base deals with the way institutional responsibilities are
assigned for managing different parts of the road network and how each
part of the network is managed. Areas covered under institutional
responsibility include establishing the legal status of roads and the
assignment of responsibility for designated and undesignated roads.
Under management arrangements, areas of discussion include restructuring
existing road agencies, centralizing management of small road networks,
contracting out planning and management of roads, and dealing with
undesignated roads. |
Public-Private
Options for Developing, Operating, and Maintaining Highways: A Toolkit
for Policymakers.
World
Bank |
The
toolkit provides hands-on advice for creating an analytical framework
that would support local policymakers in assessing different
contracting, regulatory, and funding options for engaging the private
sector in road development, operation, and maintenance. |
Managing
a Highway Network in the 20th Century Environment, Dr. Robin Dunlop, General
Manager, Transit New Zealand. Paper prepared for the 14th IRF World Congress in
Paris, 2001. |
Before deciding on the direction
of road management in the 21st century, the role of the roads
in the land use context needs to be determined. Based on the changing
technology of vehicle propulsion and the use of new technology to manage
the safety of vehicles on the road, a whole new era in improved travel
is about to unfold. \The traditional public service way of managing
roads is unlikely to deliver customer-focused efficient infrastructure
based on environmental and societal opinion. This paper sets out some
key components that need to be addressed in managing highways in the
future, and then describes very briefly a New Zealand proposal. It
raises the issues of managed integration of transport modes vs. the
commercial approach of free competition by mode. |
Adam
Smith and the Principles of a Sustainable Road Policy, Historical Roots
of the Road Management Initiative (RMI), edited by Gerhard Metschies, Paper prepared for the14th IRF
World Congress in Paris, 2001. |
The paper compares modern
principles of financing and organization of the Road Sector with Adam
Smith’s suggestions for restructuring the Public Works Sector in his
book “Wealth of Nations, Third Edition”, from 1784. |
Commercial
Management and Financing of Roads, Ian G. Heggie,
Piers Vickers, World
Bank Technical Paper No. 409, 1998 |
The paper makes the case
for sound policies for managing and financing road networks. The new
concept is commercialization: bring roads into the marketplace, put them
on a fee-for-service-basis, and manage them like a business. |
Roads - A new Approach for Road Network Management and Conservation,
Andreas Schliessler and Alberto Bull, United Nations Economic
Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago de Chile, June
1993. |
The book describes the neglect of
road maintenance in Latin America and the Caribbean and points out the
economic consequence to the national economies in the region. It
identifies the reasons for such neglect and outlines a concept of how to
reform the existing funding and management of road maintenance. Some of
these key components are the transfer of road management from a “government
ministry environment” to a “company environment”, the
self-financing of road maintenance, its separation from short-term
policies, and the increased participation of road users. |
Road
Deterioration in Developing Countries: Causes and Remedies,
World
Bank Policy Paper, 1988 |
Between the 1960s and the 1980s, developing countries have lost
precious infrastructure worth billions of dollars through the
deterioration of their roads. Large road networks, built at great
expense, have been under-maintained and more heavily used and abused
than expected. The cost of restoring these deteriorated roads is three
to five times greater than the bill would have been for timely and
effective maintenance - and restoration is only part of the cost.
Vehicle operating costs rapidly outpace the costs of road repair as the
condition of roads passes from good to fair to poor. Together, these
avoidable costs are going to form a formidable obstacle to further
economic development. This study attempts to estimate the physical and
financial magnitude of the deterioration and to identify remedial
measures appropriate to the circumstances of different countries. It
also tries to determine the principal causes of road deterioration and
the reasons the problem has become so widespread. The study describes
some of the options and presents an institutional framework for
implementing road maintenance strategies in developing countries. It
provides an estimate of the resources needed to remedy the situation and
suggests ways to use these resources efficiently. The recommendations
are addressed to the developing countries, the lending and donor
agencies, and the development community at large, including the World
Bank. |