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Improving Road Administration in the Asia-Pacific Region: Some Lessons from Experience

In: Infrastructure and Productivity in Asia

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  • Clay Wescott

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Asia-Pacific countries are increasingly working to improve the management of their social and economic resources for development. Although the ADB (1995, pp. 1–7) recognizes a diversity of political systems and institutional cultures in the region, the ADB defines four aspects of sound governance relevant for all countries: 1. accountability (officials answerable to the entity from which they derive their authority, that work has been conducted according to agreed rules and standards, and reported fairly and accurately); 2. participation (allowing public employees a role in decision making; empowering citizens, and especially the poor, by promoting their rights to access and secure control over basic entitlements that allow them to earn a living); 3. predictability (fair and consistent application of laws, regulations and policies); and 4. transparency (low cost, understandable, and relevant information made available to citizens to promote effective accountability, and clarity about laws, regulations and policies).

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  • Clay Wescott, 2005. "Improving Road Administration in the Asia-Pacific Region: Some Lessons from Experience," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Infrastructure and Productivity in Asia, chapter 7, pages 123-143, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-52356-2_7
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230523562_7
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    Cited by:

    1. Prabir De, 2010. "Governance, Institutions, and Regional Infrastructure in Asia," Governance Working Papers 22878, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research.
    2. Biswa Nath Bhattacharyay, 2010. "Institutions For Asian Connectivity," Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy (JICEP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 1(02), pages 309-335.
    3. Prabir De, 2010. "Governance, Institutions, and Regional Infrastructure in Asia," Working Papers id:3029, eSocialSciences.

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