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The national road policy in the Solomon Islands
Author(s) -
Makharita Ragaa,
Sanday Reginald,
Castello Marguerite
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/pad.4230110307
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , public administration , road construction , road map , business , political science , economic growth , economic policy , economics , transport engineering , engineering , geography , philosophy , linguistics , cartography
Since 1966, the government of the Solomon Islands has attempted to expand road building and to maintain the roads that have been built. So far, however, very little progress has been made because of difficulties of construction, administrative weaknesses, the lack of concern for implementation, the failure of coordination and supervision, economic problems, and conflicts with provincial governments. Because so much funding comes from foreign donors, there is a tendency on the part of democratically elected politicians generally to avoid the difficult questions of implementation, cost recovery, and local responsibility for the upkeep of infrastructure.