Exchanging Experiences on Transport Infrastructure Policy between The Netherlands and Denmark (original) (raw)

Abstract

Transplanting policy solutions from one country to another is most likely to succeed if those policies come from countries that do not differ too much from the borrowing country both structurally and culturally, if their geographical and economic situation is not too different, and if the two countries face similar substantive problems for which they seek similar solutions. This chapter, from a monograph on the characteristics of an ideal Dutch decision-making system for transportation infrastructures, describes the possibility of exchanging experiences on transport infrastructure policy between The Netherlands and Denmark. The authors discuss the institutional position of the Netherlands among other countries as regards infrastructure planning; the similarities and differences between Danish and Dutch infrastructural and spatial policies; and the possibilities for Danish policy transplants for the Netherlands, including in the areas of the use of selective national guidelines, strong local financial contribution, strong financial connections and area development, and the development of a stable regional integration level. The authors conclude that for a process of institutional transplantation to be successful, at least two conditions have to be met: a clear insight into how the original is performing and an active assimilation process in the national policy arena.

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