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The Politics of Transport Infrastructure Policies in Colombia

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  • Sebastián Nieto-Parra

    (OECD)

  • Mauricio Olivera

    (Fedesarrollo)

  • Anamaría Tibocha

    (Ministerio del Trabajo)

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This paper analyses the Policy-Making Process (PMP) of transport infrastructure projects in Colombia for the period 2002-10. It aims to identify the main bottlenecks to improve the implementation of public policies in the main phases of the transport infrastructure policy cycle, namely planning, budgeting, execution, and monitoring and evaluation. The main results draw three conclusions. Firstly, there is a need to improve the planning and prioritisation stages of roads construction. Secondly, information problems affect monitoring and evaluation. Finally, the institutional weakness in the transport sector causes co-ordination failures between different transport modes (horizontal level) as well as inadequate separation of responsibilities and management of resources between national and sub-national governments (vertical level). This paper contributes to the research studying the PMP in Latin American economies. Cet article analyse le processus de formulation des politiques de mise en place de projets d'infrastructure de transport en Colombie pour la période 2002-10. Il identifie les principaux obstacles qui doivent être traités afin d'améliorer la mise en oeuvre des politiques publiques dans les principales phases du cycle de l'infrastructure de transport, à savoir la planification, la budgétisation, l'exécution, le suivi et l'évaluation. Les principaux résultats conduisent à trois conclusions. Tout d'abord, il est nécessaire d'améliorer la planification et la priorisation de la construction du réseau des voies. Deuxièmement, les problèmes d'information affectent le suivi et l'évaluation. Enfin, la défaillance institutionnelle dans le secteur des transports provoque des échecs dans la coordination entre les différents modes de transport (niveau horizontal) ainsi que dans la séparation insuffisante des responsabilités et de la gestion des ressources entre les gouvernements nationaux et sous-nationaux (niveau vertical). Ce document contribue aux travaux de recherche sur le processus de formulation des politiques des pays latino-américains.

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  • Sebastián Nieto-Parra & Mauricio Olivera & Anamaría Tibocha, 2013. "The Politics of Transport Infrastructure Policies in Colombia," OECD Development Centre Working Papers 316, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:devaaa:316-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5k46n3xqh1hf-en
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    1. Marcelo Selowsky & Claudio Loser, 2015. "Improving Microeconomic Efficiency of Latin American Economies," Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies, Emerging Markets Forum, vol. 7(2), pages 121-149, May.
    2. Mejía Cubillos, Javier, 2013. "Fuentes y métodos para la reconstrucción de PIBs regionales en Colombia. Siglos XIX y XX [Sources and methods for the reconstruction of regional GDPs in Colombia. 19th and 20th centuries]," MPRA Paper 52394, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Barzin, Samira & D'Costa, Sabine & Graham, Daniel J., 2018. "A pseudo – panel approach to estimating dynamic effects of road infrastructure on firm performance in a developing country context," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 20-34.
    4. -, 2013. "Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2014: logística y competitividad para el desarrollo," Coediciones, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), number 1504 edited by Ocde.

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    Keywords

    game theory; infrastructure; infrastructure; policy making process; political economy; politiques de transport; processus de formulation des politiques; théorie des jeux; transport policies; économie politique;
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    JEL classification:

    • D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
    • H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State

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