World Bank Group2016-06-072016-06-072015-08-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24447Romania faces today the critical need to enhance the coordination of public investment programs and projects in order to ‘do more with less,’ maximizing development impact given limited financial resources available. In this context, ‘value for money’ is the key guiding principle of public investments, making this final report is both critically important and timely. Romania’s preparations for the 2014-2020 EU programming period are in full swing, with multiple operational programs recently approved. In parallel, the Government is working on revamping instruments financed entirely from the state budget. The core focus is on the National Local Development Program (PNDL), the main state-budget-funded investment program for local infrastructure development, though findings and recommendations may be extrapolated to other state-budget-funded instruments (e.g., the Environment Fund) and, indeed, as decentralization and regionalization may evolve in the future, subnational governments may also apply the lessons of this work. The main goal of this work is to recommend and facilitate the adoption of prioritization and selection criteria that enhance coordination at the level of infrastructure programs and the projects they finance.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOURBAN TRANSPORTSANITATIONROAD DEVELOPMENTFINANCIAL PENALTIESTRANSPORT SECTORPUBLIC UTILITIESENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONTRANSPORT SERVICEAIRPORTPASSENGERSPEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTUREGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSDISPOSABLE INCOMEPUBLIC TRANSPORT ACCESSCADMIUMINFRASTRUCTURE FUNDINGPUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICETRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTUREVEHICLESPASSENGERS DAILYTRAFFIC FLOWTRENDEMISSIONSINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTPEDESTRIAN AREASSUBSIDYGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONNEIGHBORHOODSRAILWAY LINESTRAFFICROAD INFRASTRUCTUREMULTIMODAL TRANSPORTTAXROUTESAIRPORTSROAD MAINTENANCEBIKE LANESARCHITECTURAL HERITAGEHEAVY TRAFFICAIRGREENHOUSE GASUNDERGROUNDTRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT ACCESSTRANSPORT MODESROAD SYSTEMTRAFFIC MANAGEMENTDISABILITIESSIDEWALKSTRANSPORT INVESTMENTSREGIONAL TRANSPORTROADCOSTSAIR POLLUTIONTRAININGTRANSPORT SYSTEMSROAD NETWORKTRANSPORTIMPACT OF TRANSPORTRAILWAY NETWORKMOBILITYTRAFFIC SAFETYAIR CONDITIONINGSUSTAINABLE MOBILITYEXTERNALITIESPUBLIC ROADSRAILWAY LINEFINANCIAL COMPENSATIONTRUEPOLLUTIONTRANSPORT PROJECTSTRANSPORT EQUIPMENTGAS EMISSIONSCAPITAL INVESTMENTSROUTESUBSIDIESTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKSGRANTSINFRASTRUCTURETAXESINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTTRANSPORT NETWORKSUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTEMISSIONINITIATIVESDRIVINGTRAVELTRANSPORTATIONTRANSITCLIMATE CHANGEPOLICIESTRANSPARENCYBORDER CROSSINGROAD MANAGEMENTPUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORKCARSINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTSLAND TRANSPORTTRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTTRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCEACCESSIBILITYRURAL INFRASTRUCTUREMOTORWAYSPOPULATION DENSITYMOTOR VEHICLESPUBLIC TRANSPORTURBAN MOBILITYSIGNALSROLLING STOCKROAD PROJECTSHIGHWAY NETWORKARCHAEOLOGICAL SITESINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTSRAILWAYHIGHWAYSHIGH-SPEED TRAINNATIONAL HIGHWAYSSTREETSBRIDGEMINISTRY OF TRANSPORTGAS EMISSIONO&MROADSCROSSINGLOCAL ROADSROAD LINKSHIGHWAYMARITIME TRANSPORTRAILROADRAILWAYSAIR TRANSPORTECONOMIES OF SCALEGREEN LIGHTPEDESTRIANRAILROADSINFRASTRUCTURE FINANCELANESINFRASTRUCTURE  DEVELOPMENTTRANSPORT SYSTEMINVESTMENTSTRAFFIC LEVELSCOST-BENEFIT ANALYSISPEDESTRIANSROAD INVESTMENTROAD CONDITIONSCULVERTSPETROLEUM PRODUCTSNOISEROAD TRANSPORTTRAVEL TIMESAFETYPUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONHIGHWAY PROJECTEXPRESSWAYSBOTTLENECKSReportWorld Bank10.1596/24447