Philippines - Transport for Growth : An Institutional Assessment of Transport Infrastructure

World Bank

dc.creator	World Bank
dc.date	2012-03-19T17:22:43Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T17:22:43Z
dc.date	2009-02-24
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:45:48Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:45:48Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000334955_20090326035730
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3030
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243372
dc.description	Infrastructure needs in the Philippines must be addressed to ensure long term economic growth. After several years of fiscal pressure, the Philippines is now in a position to address these needs. Despite the current international financial situation, the country is now in a position to commit resources to improve transport infrastructure. To this effect, it is necessary to: i) make resource allocation more effective; and ii) improve governance in the coordinating departments and in implementation agencies. The suggested actions that follow address these two fundamental needs within four groups of recommendations. First, focus should be on improving infrastructure quality and service delivery. While the quantity of transport infrastructure in the Philippines in network and facility density compares well with other countries in the region, its capacity and quality does not. Some critical transport costs are higher in the Philippines than in its neighboring and competing countries. Second, the processes for allocating public resources could be improved. With additional public resources available, project preparation, planning and budget processes need to ensure that expenditures are well focused on areas that offer the best value for money in improving service quality. The government has taken important initiatives to achieve this end. But much remains to be done. The quality of multiyear planning and the quality of project preparation and selection in the annual budgetary process could be improved. Third, higher public spending on transport infrastructure will be effective only if accompanied by a program to confront institutional and policy distortions. In national budgeting and planning processes, this means improving the quality of planning documents and project appraisal and strengthening of prioritization in the national planning. Fourth, the private sector could be encouraged to continue its important role in transport infrastructure investment. Public resources alone will not meet the financing needs. In the mid-1990s the Philippines experienced a rich supply of proposals for private finance, mostly unsolicited. Often poorly coordinated with other facilities, these initiatives met with mixed success.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCIDENTS
dc.subject	ACCOUNTING
dc.subject	ADB
dc.subject	AFFORDABLE TRANSPORT
dc.subject	AIR
dc.subject	AIR NAVIGATION
dc.subject	AIR TRAFFIC
dc.subject	AIR TRANSPORT
dc.subject	AIRCRAFT
dc.subject	AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
dc.subject	AIRPORT CAPACITY
dc.subject	AIRPORTS
dc.subject	ALLOCATION OF RISKS
dc.subject	APPROPRIATIONS
dc.subject	AUTONOMY
dc.subject	BORDER CROSSING
dc.subject	BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
dc.subject	BUDGET PROCESS
dc.subject	CAPACITY EXPANSION
dc.subject	CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	CAPITAL STOCK
dc.subject	CENTRAL BANKS
dc.subject	COMMERCIAL AVIATION
dc.subject	COMMUTER LINES
dc.subject	CONGESTION
dc.subject	CONSOLIDATION
dc.subject	CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
dc.subject	CURRENT PRICES
dc.subject	DEFICITS
dc.subject	DEVOLUTION
dc.subject	DOMESTIC TRAFFIC
dc.subject	DOMESTIC TRANSPORT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC CRISIS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC RECOVERY
dc.subject	EFFICIENCY OF INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	EXPRESSWAYS
dc.subject	FATALITIES
dc.subject	FINANCIAL CRISES
dc.subject	FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	FISCAL DISCIPLINE
dc.subject	FISCAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	FIXED ASSETS
dc.subject	FREIGHT
dc.subject	FREIGHT FORWARDERS
dc.subject	FUEL
dc.subject	FUEL PRICES
dc.subject	FUEL TAXES
dc.subject	FUNDS FOR ROADS
dc.subject	GENERATION
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT BUDGET
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT PLANS
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT SPENDING
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES
dc.subject	GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject	GROWTH RATES
dc.subject	HIGHWAY
dc.subject	HIGHWAYS
dc.subject	HOUSING
dc.subject	INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	INFLATION
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL RESERVES
dc.subject	INVENTORY
dc.subject	INVESTMENT COSTS
dc.subject	INVESTMENT PROGRAM
dc.subject	LANDLORD MODEL
dc.subject	LIGHT RAIL
dc.subject	LIGHT RAIL SYSTEMS
dc.subject	LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject	LOCAL ROADS
dc.subject	LOCAL TAXES
dc.subject	LOCAL TRANSPORT
dc.subject	LOGISTICS COSTS
dc.subject	LONG TERM INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
dc.subject	MAINTENANCE COSTS
dc.subject	MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	MARKET SHARES
dc.subject	METRO RAIL
dc.subject	MOTOR VEHICLE
dc.subject	MUNICIPAL PORTS
dc.subject	MUNICIPALITIES
dc.subject	NATIONAL BUDGET
dc.subject	NATIONAL RAILWAY
dc.subject	NATIONAL TRANSPORT
dc.subject	PASSENGER TRAFFIC
dc.subject	PASSENGERS
dc.subject	POLLUTION
dc.subject	POLLUTION CONTROL
dc.subject	POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject	PORT AUTHORITIES
dc.subject	PORT CHARGES
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	POWER
dc.subject	PRICE INCREASES
dc.subject	PRICE LEVEL
dc.subject	PRIVATE PORTS
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	PRIVATIZATION
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	PUBLIC
dc.subject	PUBLIC DEBT
dc.subject	PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	PUBLIC FINANCE
dc.subject	PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	PUBLIC INVESTMENT
dc.subject	PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
dc.subject	PUBLIC RESOURCES
dc.subject	PUBLIC SAVINGS
dc.subject	PUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subject	PUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subject	PUBLIC TRANSPORT
dc.subject	PUBLIC TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	PUBLIC WORKS
dc.subject	PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS
dc.subject	QUALITY OF TRANSPORT
dc.subject	RAIL ACCESS
dc.subject	RAIL LINES
dc.subject	RAIL PROJECTS
dc.subject	RAIL RIDERSHIP
dc.subject	RAIL TRANSIT LINES
dc.subject	RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT
dc.subject	RAIL TRANSPORT
dc.subject	RAILROAD
dc.subject	RAILROADS
dc.subject	RAILWAY
dc.subject	RAILWAY DENSITY
dc.subject	RAILWAY NETWORK
dc.subject	RAILWAYS
dc.subject	REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	RESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subject	REVENUE LEAKAGE
dc.subject	REVENUE MOBILIZATION
dc.subject	REVENUE PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	REVENUE SOURCES
dc.subject	RISK ALLOCATION
dc.subject	RISK SHARING
dc.subject	ROAD
dc.subject	ROAD ACCIDENTS
dc.subject	ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	ROAD MAINTENANCE
dc.subject	ROAD NETWORK
dc.subject	ROAD QUALITY
dc.subject	ROAD SAFETY
dc.subject	ROAD SECTOR
dc.subject	ROAD TRANSPORT
dc.subject	ROAD USERS
dc.subject	ROADS
dc.subject	ROLLING STOCK
dc.subject	RUNWAY
dc.subject	RUNWAYS
dc.subject	SANITATION
dc.subject	SOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject	SOCIAL WELFARE
dc.subject	TAX
dc.subject	TAX ASSIGNMENT
dc.subject	TAX COLLECTION
dc.subject	TAX INCENTIVES
dc.subject	TAX REVENUES
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subject	TOLLS
dc.subject	TRAFFIC
dc.subject	TRAIN CARS
dc.subject	TRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subject	TRANSIT AUTHORITY
dc.subject	TRANSPORT
dc.subject	TRANSPORT COSTS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT NETWORK
dc.subject	TRANSPORT PLANNING
dc.subject	TRANSPORT POLICY
dc.subject	TRANSPORT RATES
dc.subject	TRANSPORT SECTOR
dc.subject	TRANSPORT SERVICE
dc.subject	TRANSPORT SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subject	TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject	TRANSPORTATION COSTS
dc.subject	TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	TREASURY
dc.subject	URBAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	URBAN RAIL
dc.subject	URBAN TRANSPORT
dc.subject	URBANIZATION
dc.subject	VEHICLE OPERATING
dc.subject	VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS
dc.subject	VEHICLE REGISTRATION
dc.subject	VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES
dc.subject	VEHICLE USER
dc.subject	VEHICLE USER CHARGES
dc.subject	VEHICLES
dc.subject	WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	WATER SERVICES
dc.subject	WATER SUPPLY
dc.title	Philippines - Transport for Growth : An Institutional Assessment of Transport Infrastructure
dc.type	Economic & Sector Work :: Public Expenditure Review
dc.coverage	East Asia and Pacific
dc.coverage	Southeast Asia
dc.coverage	Asia
dc.coverage	Philippines