More, Better or Different? : Investing in Paraguay’s Roads
Paraguay is a middle-income, landlocked country with a population of about seven million. The nation is highly dependent on its transport and logistics infrastructure to connect to regional markets and international seaports. In road quality and co...
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okr-10986-354622021-06-14T10:05:43Z More, Better or Different? : Investing in Paraguay’s Roads World Bank ROAD NETWORK TRANSPORT SECTOR ACCESS TO ROADS REVENUE SOURCE ROAD MAINTENANCE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE BUDGET MANAGEMENT Paraguay is a middle-income, landlocked country with a population of about seven million. The nation is highly dependent on its transport and logistics infrastructure to connect to regional markets and international seaports. In road quality and connectivity, on the other hand, Paraguay trails its neighbors and other middle-income countries. According to the Global Competitiveness Indices, Paraguay is in the bottom third of indexed countries for road connectivity and quality. The government has attempted to address perceptions on quality and connectivity through higher budget allocations for the road sector. The higher road sector budget has been directed to expansion and preservation of the paved roads since 2012 and has, on the whole, allocated sufficient funds for their maintenance as estimated by this Public Expenditure Review (PER). Despite this there has been a slight decline in the overall quality of the network due to over and under funding of roads geographically and by functional classification. This PER is structured as follows: Chapter 2 provides some background on the Paraguayan economy, the country’s road network (primary, secondary, and tertiary) features and analysis, and an overview of the government institutions responsible for the network; Chapter 3 describes how Paraguay budgets and manages its road sector, what the funding sources are, and how efficiently the expenditures are being spent; Chapter 4 assesses Paraguay’s goals for its road sector, the effectiveness of its budget execution and sustainability of its funding, and its sector monitoring practices; and Chapter 5 concludes with the main findings and recommendations. 2021-04-20T18:33:03Z 2021-04-20T18:33:03Z 2019 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/265611617618080892/More-Better-or-Different-Investing-in-Paraguay-s-Roads http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35462 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Infrastructure Study Latin America & Caribbean Paraguay |
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Paraguay is a middle-income, landlocked
country with a population of about seven million. The nation
is highly dependent on its transport and logistics
infrastructure to connect to regional markets and
international seaports. In road quality and connectivity, on
the other hand, Paraguay trails its neighbors and other
middle-income countries. According to the Global
Competitiveness Indices, Paraguay is in the bottom third of
indexed countries for road connectivity and quality. The
government has attempted to address perceptions on quality
and connectivity through higher budget allocations for the
road sector. The higher road sector budget has been directed
to expansion and preservation of the paved roads since 2012
and has, on the whole, allocated sufficient funds for their
maintenance as estimated by this Public Expenditure Review
(PER). Despite this there has been a slight decline in the
overall quality of the network due to over and under funding
of roads geographically and by functional classification.
This PER is structured as follows: Chapter 2 provides some
background on the Paraguayan economy, the country’s road
network (primary, secondary, and tertiary) features and
analysis, and an overview of the government institutions
responsible for the network; Chapter 3 describes how
Paraguay budgets and manages its road sector, what the
funding sources are, and how efficiently the expenditures
are being spent; Chapter 4 assesses Paraguay’s goals for its
road sector, the effectiveness of its budget execution and
sustainability of its funding, and its sector monitoring
practices; and Chapter 5 concludes with the main findings
and recommendations. |
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