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The Transport Unit has developed a project evaluation methodology whereby benefits may be broken down by target groups. To date, this approach has been used in three highway concession projects in Argentina, Chile and Colombia. It is also applicable to other projects where it is important to know...

En América Latina se viene registrando un gradual auge en materia de conservación vial. Entre Argentina, Chile, Guatemala y Uruguay, se encuentran vigentes 210 contratos para el mantenimiento de un total de 20.212 kilómetros de vías públicas por niveles de servicio. En Brasil, Ecuador y Perú, exi...

This edition of the Bulletin deals with road maintenance, funds and fund management. Among other things, it emphasizes, the need to manage road funds in accordance with clear performance rules which seek to minimize maintenance costs and ensure that the road network is maintained in an appropriat...

The present and subsequent editions of the Bulletin will deal with the issue of road maintenance, its close connection with transport costs and its impact upon the international competitiveness of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. When roads are in poor condition, vehicle operatin...

En la Unidad de Transporte se ha desarrollado una metodología de evaluación de proyectos que permite desagregar los beneficios por grupos de receptores. La metodología ha sido aplicada, hasta la fecha, a tres casos de carreteras concesionadas, en Argentina, Chile y Colombia, y es, además, aplicab...

Concessions have become an important mechanism in Latin America for attracting financing and private management to the highway sector. Highways are one of the areas of transport infrastructure in which this concept in long-term investment in road conservation and management has been widely applie...