Publication: More, Better or Different?: Investing in Paraguay’s Roads
Date
2019
ISSN
Published
2019
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Paraguay is a middle-income, landlocked
country with a population of about seven million. The nation
is highly dependent on its transport and logistics
infrastructure to connect to regional markets and
international seaports. In road quality and connectivity, on
the other hand, Paraguay trails its neighbors and other
middle-income countries. According to the Global
Competitiveness Indices, Paraguay is in the bottom third of
indexed countries for road connectivity and quality. The
government has attempted to address perceptions on quality
and connectivity through higher budget allocations for the
road sector. The higher road sector budget has been directed
to expansion and preservation of the paved roads since 2012
and has, on the whole, allocated sufficient funds for their
maintenance as estimated by this Public Expenditure Review
(PER). Despite this there has been a slight decline in the
overall quality of the network due to over and under funding
of roads geographically and by functional classification.
This PER is structured as follows: Chapter 2 provides some
background on the Paraguayan economy, the country’s road
network (primary, secondary, and tertiary) features and
analysis, and an overview of the government institutions
responsible for the network; Chapter 3 describes how
Paraguay budgets and manages its road sector, what the
funding sources are, and how efficiently the expenditures
are being spent; Chapter 4 assesses Paraguay’s goals for its
road sector, the effectiveness of its budget execution and
sustainability of its funding, and its sector monitoring
practices; and Chapter 5 concludes with the main findings
and recommendations.
Citation
“World Bank. 2019. More, Better or Different? : Investing in Paraguay’s Roads. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35462?show=full License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”