Performance-Based Road Rehabilitation and Maintenance Contracts in Argentina : A Review of Fifteen Years of Experience (1996-2010)

The road sector is the dominant mode of transport in Argentina carrying nearly 80 percent of total freight volume. The road network has a total length of about 630,000 km (11 percent paved), divided in three administrative levels: national, provinc...

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Main Authors:	Marcela Silva, Maria, Liautaud, Gerard
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS ROADS ACCIDENTS ACCOUNTING AGGREGATES ANALYSIS PERIOD ARBITRATION ARBITRATOR ASPHALT ASSET MANAGEMENT AXLE LOAD BID BIDS BONDS BOUNDARIES BRIDGE BRIDGE DECK BRIDGES BUDGET CONSTRAINT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUS BUS STOP BUS STOPS CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CEMENT CLAUSE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES COMPACTION CONCRETE CONFLICTS CONSTRAINT CONTRACT MANAGEMENT CONTRACT PRICES CONTRACT VALUE CONTRACTOR COST EFFECTIVENESS COUNTERPART COUNTERPART FUNDS COUNTERPARTS CRACK SEALING CRACKING CRISES CROSSINGS CULVERTS DAILY TRAFFIC DECENTRALIZATION DISBURSEMENTS DISCOUNT RATE DRAINAGE DRIVING ENTIRE CONTRACT ENTRY BARRIER EQUIPMENT EROSION EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES FATALITIES FEEDER ROADS FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCING OF INFRASTRUCTURE FISCAL CONSTRAINTS FRAMEWORK FREIGHT HIGHWAY HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION HIGHWAY NETWORK HIGHWAY PROJECT HIGHWAY REHABILITATION IBRD INCOME INFLATION INSPECTION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE INTERNATIONAL ROUGHNESS INDEX INTERSECTION INTERSECTIONS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LICENSES LIGHT VEHICLES LOAN LOAN AGREEMENT LOCAL CONTRACTORS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LONG-TERM COMMITMENT LOW TRAFFIC ROADS MACROECONOMIC CRISIS MARKET CONCENTRATION MARKET PRICES MARKING MODALITIES MODALITY MODE OF TRANSPORT MONTH CONTRACTS MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS MONTHLY PAYMENTS NATIONAL HIGHWAYS NET PRESENT VALUE OPEN COMPETITION ORIGINAL CONTRACT OVERLAY PARTICULAR CONTRACT PASSENGERS PAVEMENT PAVEMENT CONDITION PAVEMENT SURFACE PAVEMENTS PAVING PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS PAYMENT SYSTEM PERIODIC MAINTENANCE PORTFOLIO POTHOLES PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT PROCESS PROCUREMENT PROCESSES PROJECT DESIGN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC WORKS QUALITY STANDARDS RECONSTRUCTION RECYCLING REGIONAL INTEGRATION RELATED CONTRACTS RESTRAINTS RIDING QUALITY RISK ASSESSMENT ROAD ROAD FINANCING ROAD INVESTMENT ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD MANAGEMENT ROAD NETWORK ROAD PROJECTS ROAD REHABILITATION ROAD SAFETY ROAD SAFETY MEASURES ROAD SECTOR ROAD SYSTEM ROAD USER ROAD USERS ROADS ROUGHNESS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE RURAL HIGHWAYS RUT DEPTH SAFETY INITIATIVES SERIES OF CONTRACTS SHARING SIGNS SLURRY STOCKS STRATEGIC PLANNING STRUCTURES SURFACE DRESSING SURFACE TREATMENT TACK COAT TIME LIMIT TOLL TOLL ROAD TOLL ROAD CONCESSIONS TOLLS TOTAL VALUE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC COMPOSITION TRAFFIC CONTROL TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION TRAFFIC GROWTH TRAFFIC VOLUME TRAFFIC VOLUMES TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT SERVICES TREASURY TYPE OF CONTRACT TYPE OF CONTRACTS UNPAVED ROADS VERGE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC YEAR CONTRACT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/09/18398116/performance-based-road-rehabilitation-maintenance-contracts-crema-argentina-review-fifteen-years-experience-1996-2010 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17492