03636oam 22007455 450 991077774630332120200520144314.01-282-01262-297866120126240-8213-7895-310.1596/978-0-8213-7894-6(CKB)1000000000750410(EBL)459566(OCoLC)560618265(SSID)ssj0000089062(PQKBManifestationID)12016035(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089062(PQKBWorkID)10083618(PQKB)11658610(MiAaPQ)EBC459566(Au-PeEL)EBL459566(CaPaEBR)ebr10369872(CaONFJC)MIL201262(The World Bank)ocn289095906(US-djbf)15557284(EXLCZ)99100000000075041020081215d2009 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPublic investment management in the new EU member states : strengthening planning and implementation of transport infrastructure investments /[edited by] Thomas Laursen, Bernard MyersWashington, D.C. :World Bank,c2009.viii, 31 pages ;26 cmWorld Bank working paper,1726-5878 ;no. 161Description based upon print version of record.0-8213-7894-5 Includes bibliographical references.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 Involvement6. Building Capacity to ManageBox 5. Building Capacity to Appraise and Manage Projects; 7. Conclusions and Recommendations; RecommendationsThis 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, World Bank e-Library.World Bank working paper ;no. 161.Public investmentsEuropean Union countriesTransportationEuropean Union countriesProject managementEuropean Union countriesPublic investmentsTransportationProject management388/.049Laursen Thomas1538900Myers Bernard773750DLCDLCBTCTACDXC#PBWXYDXCPDLCBOOK9910777746303321Public investment management in the new EU member states3789390UNINA