Towards a Framework for the Governance of Infrastructure
This working paper sets out by presenting concepts and challenges for public infrastructure followed by suggested preconditions for good infrastructure governance. Finally it presents an infrastructure decision tree that can guide countries in assessing and balancing their specific sectoral, country, and project needs in order to select a fitting infrastructure delivery modality.
Good governance is a necessary condition for good public infrastructure but Infrastructure presents a governance challenge. This is why the objective of the framework presented in this paper is to ensure infrastructure programs that make the right projects happen, in a cost-efficient and affordable manner that is trusted by users and citizens to take their views into account. The framework offers decision makers a methodology to analyze challenges, mapping out options on how to solve them, and guides them in carrying through decisions. It consists of two components: i) a list of governance preconditions - these concern the overall enabling governance environment for infrastructure; and, ii) a decision tree, which guides countries with respect to making sectoral decisions and overall infrastructure decisions.
