Does the Semi-Autonomous Agency Model Function in a Low-Governance Environment? The Case of the Road Development Agency in Zambia
This paper uses Zambia as a case study to assess empirically whether political interference in a low-governance environment has diminished in the past years as expected after a semi-autonomous agency model was set up ten years ago. The road sector...
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okr-10986-160182021-04-23T14:03:27Z Does the Semi-Autonomous Agency Model Function in a Low-Governance Environment? The Case of the Road Development Agency in Zambia Raballand, Gael Bridges, Kate Beuran, Monica Sacks, Audrey ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ANTI-CORRUPTION AUDITING AUDITOR AUDITS AUTONOMY BIDDING BRIDGE BRIDGES CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SERVICE COLLUSION CONFIDENCE CONFLICTS CORE ROADS COUNTERPART DRIVERS ELECTIONS EMPLOYMENT FEASIBILITY STUDIES FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION FINANCE MANAGEMENT FISCAL FEDERALISM FRAUD GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INITIATIVE INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTMENT IN ROADS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MANDATES MEDIA MINISTER MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT OBSERVER PATH PATRONAGE POLITICIANS PROCUREMENT PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROJECT SELECTION PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC WORKS RECONSTRUCTION REHABILITATION ROAD ROAD AGENCIES ROAD AGENCY ROAD BUILDING ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD DETERIORATION ROAD DEVELOPMENT ROAD FUND ROAD FUNDS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD MANAGEMENT ROAD PROJECTS ROAD SECTOR ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD TRANSPORT SERVICES ROAD USER ROAD USER FEES ROAD USERS ROAD WORKS ROADS ROUTE RURAL ROADS SAFETY SAFETY AGENCY SCANDAL SERVICE DELIVERY TRAFFIC TRAFFIC DATA TRANSPARENCY TRUE URBAN ROADS VEHICLE WORLD DEVELOPMENT This paper uses Zambia as a case study to assess empirically whether political interference in a low-governance environment has diminished in the past years as expected after a semi-autonomous agency model was set up ten years ago. The road sector in Zambia has experienced some significant developments since then. The paper uses data on contract from 2008 to 2011 and analyses a number of key trends related to Road Development Agency governance and staffing dynamics as well as procurement and project selection within the institution. The main findings indicate that, after some years of implementation of these reforms, there is reason to question whether the model of semi-autonomous agency enables road management to be shielded from political interference. Zambia may be an isolated case but, so far, this model does not seem to have been able to decrease political interference in the selection or supervision of projects and there seems to have been an increased lack of accountability of civil servants working in this sector. 2013-10-02T17:16:48Z 2013-10-02T17:16:48Z 2013-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18147881/semi-autonomous-agency-model-function-low-governance-environment-case-road-development-agency-zambia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16018 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6585 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Zambia |
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ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ANTI-CORRUPTION AUDITING AUDITOR AUDITS AUTONOMY BIDDING BRIDGE BRIDGES CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SERVICE COLLUSION CONFIDENCE CONFLICTS CORE ROADS COUNTERPART DRIVERS ELECTIONS EMPLOYMENT FEASIBILITY STUDIES FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION FINANCE MANAGEMENT FISCAL FEDERALISM FRAUD GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INITIATIVE INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTMENT IN ROADS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MANDATES MEDIA MINISTER MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT OBSERVER PATH PATRONAGE POLITICIANS PROCUREMENT PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROJECT SELECTION PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC WORKS RECONSTRUCTION REHABILITATION ROAD ROAD AGENCIES ROAD AGENCY ROAD BUILDING ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD DETERIORATION ROAD DEVELOPMENT ROAD FUND ROAD FUNDS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD MANAGEMENT ROAD PROJECTS ROAD SECTOR ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD TRANSPORT SERVICES ROAD USER ROAD USER FEES ROAD USERS ROAD WORKS ROADS ROUTE RURAL ROADS SAFETY SAFETY AGENCY SCANDAL SERVICE DELIVERY TRAFFIC TRAFFIC DATA TRANSPARENCY TRUE URBAN ROADS VEHICLE WORLD DEVELOPMENT |
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ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ANTI-CORRUPTION AUDITING AUDITOR AUDITS AUTONOMY BIDDING BRIDGE BRIDGES CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SERVICE COLLUSION CONFIDENCE CONFLICTS CORE ROADS COUNTERPART DRIVERS ELECTIONS EMPLOYMENT FEASIBILITY STUDIES FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION FINANCE MANAGEMENT FISCAL FEDERALISM FRAUD GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INITIATIVE INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTMENT IN ROADS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MANDATES MEDIA MINISTER MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT OBSERVER PATH PATRONAGE POLITICIANS PROCUREMENT PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROJECT SELECTION PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC WORKS RECONSTRUCTION REHABILITATION ROAD ROAD AGENCIES ROAD AGENCY ROAD BUILDING ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD DETERIORATION ROAD DEVELOPMENT ROAD FUND ROAD FUNDS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD MANAGEMENT ROAD PROJECTS ROAD SECTOR ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD TRANSPORT SERVICES ROAD USER ROAD USER FEES ROAD USERS ROAD WORKS ROADS ROUTE RURAL ROADS SAFETY SAFETY AGENCY SCANDAL SERVICE DELIVERY TRAFFIC TRAFFIC DATA TRANSPARENCY TRUE URBAN ROADS VEHICLE WORLD DEVELOPMENT Raballand, Gael Bridges, Kate Beuran, Monica Sacks, Audrey Does the Semi-Autonomous Agency Model Function in a Low-Governance Environment? The Case of the Road Development Agency in Zambia |
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This paper uses Zambia as a case study
to assess empirically whether political interference in a
low-governance environment has diminished in the past years
as expected after a semi-autonomous agency model was set up
ten years ago. The road sector in Zambia has experienced
some significant developments since then. The paper uses
data on contract from 2008 to 2011 and analyses a number of
key trends related to Road Development Agency governance and
staffing dynamics as well as procurement and project
selection within the institution. The main findings indicate
that, after some years of implementation of these reforms,
there is reason to question whether the model of
semi-autonomous agency enables road management to be
shielded from political interference. Zambia may be an
isolated case but, so far, this model does not seem to have
been able to decrease political interference in the
selection or supervision of projects and there seems to have
been an increased lack of accountability of civil servants
working in this sector. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Raballand, Gael Bridges, Kate Beuran, Monica Sacks, Audrey |
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Raballand, Gael Bridges, Kate Beuran, Monica Sacks, Audrey |
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Raballand, Gael |
| title |
Does the Semi-Autonomous Agency Model Function in a Low-Governance Environment? The Case of the Road Development Agency in Zambia |
| title_short |
Does the Semi-Autonomous Agency Model Function in a Low-Governance Environment? The Case of the Road Development Agency in Zambia |
| title_full |
Does the Semi-Autonomous Agency Model Function in a Low-Governance Environment? The Case of the Road Development Agency in Zambia |
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Does the Semi-Autonomous Agency Model Function in a Low-Governance Environment? The Case of the Road Development Agency in Zambia |
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Does the Semi-Autonomous Agency Model Function in a Low-Governance Environment? The Case of the Road Development Agency in Zambia |
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does the semi-autonomous agency model function in a low-governance environment? the case of the road development agency in zambia |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18147881/semi-autonomous-agency-model-function-low-governance-environment-case-road-development-agency-zambia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16018 |
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