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Publications Routes/Roads Financing of Road System

This page lists Routes/Roads articles of PIARC in the field of Financing of Road System. These publications are classified chronologically.

  • Status report following 15 years of institutional reforms within sub-saharan road administrations

    Beginning in the 1970's, most African countries were experiencing economic and financial hardship faced with extremely tight cash flow situations. These difficulties led to a slowing of capital investment flows into the transportation sector and a reduction in annual budgets allocated to the road network. The magnitude of these difficulties incited reflection on the types of structural adjustments to be implemented within road administrations of Africa's sub-Saharan countries as of the 1990's, with [...]

  • Public and private investment in the road network in the United States

    Description of the American strategy for the construction of roads.

  • A contractor's perspective on the impact of new contract forms

    Based on the example of the Private Finance Initiative ("PFI") contract awarded for the rehabilitation and maintenance of the street network in the city of Portsmouth, assessment herein the influence of PPP (public-private partnerships) and other innovative contracting practices on road industry organization and interactions with other parties to the construction process.

  • The Austrian model of network-based motorway financing

    Austrian interesting example of road financing via a state-owned entreprise. The Austrian model combines a self-supporting infrastructure provider that is not included in the government's budget and that uses private sector business practices, with public sector oversight and interest rates. In addition, this public corporation is also experimenting with public-private partnerships (PPPs).

  • Transport infrastructure charges as a basis for a quasi-market for road infrastructure services

    Presentation of the results of the broad and extended discussion initiated in Europe on charges for infrastructure use, by the White Paper of the European Commission. (EC, 2001).