Transport Infrastructure Investment : options for efficiency.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

International Transport Forum.

Contributor:

International Transport Forum.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation--Finance.

Transportation.

Infrastructure (Economics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD/ITF, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Surface transport plays a fundamental role in nearly all social and economic activity. Providing and maintaining the infrastructure consumes enormous resources. Thus, it is essential that this be carried out in the most efficient and effective way possible. Many options are available to provide surface transport infrastructure – public ministries and agencies, public-private partnerships (PPPs), state-owned companies, private and non-profit entities, and outright privatisation. There are also various means of paying for it, including user charging, subsidies, public borrowing or private financing. This report examines key principles that should be considered by governments in deciding how to provide and pay for surface transport infrastructure, with a view to best serving societies’ needs and employing public resources. It also considers the key issues that must be resolved in making more use of private financing and expertise.

Contents:

pt. 1. The provision of surface transport infrastructure

pt. 2. Principles for the budget treatment of surface transport infrastructure investment

pt. 3. Pursuing efficiency gains in the provision of surface transport infrastructure

pt. 4. Effective implementation of public-private partnerships.

Notes:

"Transport Research Centre."

At head of title: OECD, International Transport Forum.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-281-72007-0

9786611720070

92-821-0156-8

OCLC:

476176181