Lesson Learned

Ensure institutional and policy reforms are implemented: As Georgia is one of MCC’s earlier compacts, the policy and institutional reform aspects of the road project may not have been as strong as the later compacts, where these issues were given more serious consideration for investment decisions.

Ensure institutional and policy reforms are implemented: As Georgia is one of MCC’s earlier compacts, the policy and institutional reform aspects of the road project may not have been as strong as the later compacts, where these issues were given more serious consideration for investment decisions. It is critical to comprehensively address policy and institutional constraints in road maintenance as well as seek assurances from the partner countries that the necessary mechanisms to ensure sustainability of their existing roadway network are in place prior to MCC committing to a capital-intensive road investment project. MCC recognizes the need to better understand actual road maintenance practices and their effects on the long-term costs and benefits of roads. Accordingly, MCC is planning a series of country-specific road maintenance studies, which will be used to improve both the economic assessment of road investments and, where feasible, influence actual road maintenance planning and execution in partner countries.