TY - BOOK ID - 7689016 TI - Transport Infrastructure Investment : Options for Efficiency AU - International Transport Forum. AU - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. PY - 2008 SN - 1281720070 9786611720070 9282101568 928210155X PB - Paris : OECD Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Infrastructure (Economics). KW - Transportation -- Finance. KW - Transportation. KW - Transportation KW - Infrastructure (Economics) KW - Business & Economics KW - Transportation Economics KW - Finance KW - Finance. KW - Capital, Social (Economics) KW - Economic infrastructure KW - Social capital (Economics) KW - Social infrastructure KW - Social overhead capital KW - Economic development KW - Human settlements KW - Public goods KW - Public works KW - Capital UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7689016 AB - Surface transport plays a fundamental role in nearly all social and economic activity. Providing and maintaining the infrastructure consumes enormous resources. Thus, it is essential that this be carried out in the most efficient and effective way possible. Many options are available to provide surface transport infrastructure – public ministries and agencies, public-private partnerships (PPPs), state-owned companies, private and non-profit entities, and outright privatisation. There are also various means of paying for it, including user charging, subsidies, public borrowing or private financing. This report examines key principles that should be considered by governments in deciding how to provide and pay for surface transport infrastructure, with a view to best serving societies’ needs and employing public resources. It also considers the key issues that must be resolved in making more use of private financing and expertise. ER -