Supporting Better Decision-Making in Transport Infrastructure in Spain
Infrastructure Governance Review
In Spain, as in most countries, the real obstacle to effective and efficient delivery
of key infrastructure is not the availability of finance, but rather problems of governance.
This review examines the transport infrastructure governance framework in Spain against
OECD good practices. It identifies the main governance bottlenecks for the development
of transport infrastructure projects and provides a comparison with what other countries
have done to alleviate similar bottlenecks. It provides the Spanish authorities with
assessments and recommendations to enhance their capacity to formulate, develop and
implement policies and strategies that support better decision-making in transport
infrastructure.
The review is comprised by two complementary sections: an assessment report of the
legal framework and the decision-making process of transport infrastructure investments
in Spain, and a technical note that provides a benchmarking analysis on practices
from selected countries (i.e. Australia, Chile, France, Germany, Italy and United
Kingdom), with a specific focus on the railway sector. The benchmark refers to concrete
case studies that support the recommendations provided in the assessment report. The
report relied on the OECD Recommendation on the Governance of Infrastructure (2020)
and the OECD Recommendation on the Principles for Public Governance of Public-Private
Partnerships (2012).