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Figure 44: Ideal process of developing NTI plans
 Increasing the involvement of private sector by enhancing the market environment for
private sector participation. The involvement of private sectors in project finance, for
example in the form of PPP, will lead to new risks in planning and implementation, and
these risks need to be mitigated.
 Apply the use of the pricing instrument in view of optimization, allocation and funding.
In order to ensure a sustainable financing, a greater share should be funded from road
user charges (user pay principle).
 Increasing the involvement of academia to gain intellectual views in policy formation.
 Aligning NTI plans to fiscal space.
5. Content of NTI plan
 NTI planning should start with problem identification and mapping of needs.
 NTI plans should have concrete achievable goals that fit in the policy context.
 NTI plans should include measures as well as projects and provide a comprehensive
set of directions that will enable policies to be implemented.
 NTI plans should be outcome based, not only outputs. The specific objectives of the
plan may relate to transport sector efficiency issues and cross cutting issues as well.
 Investments should be optimized by comparing them to the best alternative
investment in view of the specific transport objective.