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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823876803321

Titolo

Public investment management in the new EU member states : : strengthening planning and implementation of transport infrastructure investments / / [edited by] Thomas Laursen, Bernard Myers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2009

ISBN

1-282-01262-2

9786612012624

0-8213-7895-3

Descrizione fisica

viii, 31 pages ; ; 26 cm

Collana

World Bank working paper, , 1726-5878 ; ; no. 161

Altri autori (Persone)

LaursenThomas

MyersBernard

Disciplina

388/.049

Soggetti

Public investments - European Union countries

Transportation - European Union countries

Project management - European Union countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Introduction; 1. The Role of Strategic Planning in Defining Priorities for Public Investment; 2. The Role of the Budget Process in Implementing Government Priorities; Box 1. Lessons in Budgeting for Transport Investment; 3. The Impact of Project Appraisal on Project Selection; Box 2. Planning of Project Management; Box 3. Private Finance is an Option in the Right Circumstances; 4. Institutional Arrangements for Quality Assurance; 5. Project Implementation and Monitoring Arrangements; Box 4. Early Contractor Involvement

6. Building Capacity to ManageBox 5. Building Capacity to Appraise and Manage Projects; 7. Conclusions and Recommendations; Recommendations

Sommario/riassunto

This paper describes the characteristics of public investment management (PIM) in seven EU countries as it applies to a single sector-transport infrastructure. The report highlights some of the common challenges that four relatively new EU member states-Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Latvia-face as they plan and execute their



transport infrastructure projects. It recognizes theimportance that EU-mandated processes and procedures have in shaping national systems in the new member states (NMS), but the report finds that actual practices often fall short of EU goals due to capacity constraints,