The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

Foster, Vivien; Benitez, Daniel Alberto

dc.creator	Foster, Vivien
dc.creator	Benitez, Daniel Alberto
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:01:10Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:01:10Z
dc.date	2011-03-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:55:23Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:55:23Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110317160020
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3367
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244331
dc.description	The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) faces possibly the most daunting infrastructure challenge on the African continent. Conflict has seriously damaged most infrastructure networks. Vast geography, low population density, extensive forestlands, and criss-crossing rivers complicate the development of new networks. Progress has been made since the return of peace in 2003. A privately funded GSM network now provides mobile telephone signals to two-thirds of the population. External funding has been secured to rebuild the country's road network, and domestic air traffic has grown. Modest investments could harness inland waterways for low-cost transport. Much more substantial investments in hydropower would enable the DRC to meet its own energy demands cheaply while exporting vast quantities of power. One of the country's most immediate infrastructure challenges is to reform the national power utility and increase power generation and delivery. Capacity must increase by 35 percent over the period 2006-15 to meet domestic demand. The dilapidated condition of both road and rail infrastructure presents another challenge. To meet the target defined in the report, investment in the country's infrastructure must increase from $700 million to $5.3 billion per year over the next decade, a staggering 75 percent of 2006 GDP. New infrastructure technologies, the elimination of inefficiencies, and cross-border finance (for hydropower development) could cut the annual funding gap in half. Recently, the country secured $4 billion in external finance commitments for infrastructure, enabling increases in budget allocations for public investment.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5602
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	ACCESSIBILITY
dc.subject	AIR
dc.subject	AIR ROUTES
dc.subject	AIR SERVICES
dc.subject	AIR TRAFFIC
dc.subject	AIR TRANSPORT
dc.subject	AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR
dc.subject	AIRCRAFT
dc.subject	AIRLINE COMPANIES
dc.subject	AIRPORTS
dc.subject	AMOUNT OF POWER
dc.subject	APPROACH
dc.subject	AVAILABILITY
dc.subject	BANDWIDTH
dc.subject	BOTTLENECKS
dc.subject	BRIDGE
dc.subject	BUDGET EXECUTION
dc.subject	CABLE
dc.subject	CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	CAPITAL SUBSIDIES
dc.subject	CAPITALS
dc.subject	CARGO
dc.subject	CARS
dc.subject	CONCESSION
dc.subject	CONTAINER PORT
dc.subject	CONTAINER TERMINAL
dc.subject	CONTAINER TERMINAL OPERATIONS
dc.subject	COST OF POWER
dc.subject	COST OF POWER PRODUCTION
dc.subject	COST RECOVERY
dc.subject	COSTS OF POWER
dc.subject	CROSSING
dc.subject	DEFICITS
dc.subject	DIESEL
dc.subject	DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
dc.subject	DIRECT CALLS
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTION LOSSES
dc.subject	DOMESTIC AIR TRANSPORT
dc.subject	DOMESTIC FLIGHTS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC FACTORS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	ELECTRIFICATION
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	EXTENSIVE REHABILITATION
dc.subject	EXTERNAL FINANCING
dc.subject	FINANCIAL DATA
dc.subject	FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	FREIGHT
dc.subject	GENERATION
dc.subject	GENERATION CAPACITY
dc.subject	GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	GENERATORS
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT SPENDING
dc.subject	GRID ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject	GROWTH RATES
dc.subject	HYDRO PLANT
dc.subject	HYDROPOWER
dc.subject	HYDROPOWER GENERATION
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURES
dc.subject	INLAND WATERWAYS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING LINES
dc.subject	INVESTMENT PROGRAM
dc.subject	INVESTMENT TARGETS
dc.subject	INVESTMENTS IN POWER
dc.subject	KILOWATT-HOUR
dc.subject	LANDLORD MODEL
dc.subject	LOCOMOTIVE
dc.subject	LOWER PRICES
dc.subject	LOWER TARIFFS
dc.subject	MAINTENANCE COSTS
dc.subject	MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	MARGINAL COSTS
dc.subject	MOBILITY
dc.subject	NET REVENUES
dc.subject	O&M
dc.subject	OPEN ACCESS
dc.subject	OPERATING COSTS
dc.subject	OPERATING EXPENSES
dc.subject	PASSENGER TRAVEL
dc.subject	POPULATION DENSITY
dc.subject	PORT SERVICES
dc.subject	POWER
dc.subject	POWER CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	POWER GENERATION
dc.subject	POWER GENERATION CAPACITY
dc.subject	POWER PLANT
dc.subject	POWER SECTOR
dc.subject	POWER SYSTEMS
dc.subject	POWER TRADE
dc.subject	PRICE OF POWER
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITY
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	PROFIT MARGIN
dc.subject	PUBLIC
dc.subject	PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	PUBLIC INVESTMENT
dc.subject	PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	PUBLIC PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	PUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subject	RAIL
dc.subject	RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	RAIL LINK
dc.subject	RAIL NETWORK
dc.subject	RAIL NETWORKS
dc.subject	RAIL OPERATOR
dc.subject	RAIL SERVICE
dc.subject	RAIL SYSTEMS
dc.subject	RAIL TRAFFIC
dc.subject	RAILWAY
dc.subject	RAILWAYS
dc.subject	REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	REVENUE COLLECTION
dc.subject	ROAD
dc.subject	ROAD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ROAD HAULAGE
dc.subject	ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	ROAD INVESTMENT
dc.subject	ROAD MAINTENANCE
dc.subject	ROAD NETWORK
dc.subject	ROAD QUALITY
dc.subject	ROAD TRAFFIC
dc.subject	ROAD TRANSPORT
dc.subject	ROADS
dc.subject	ROLLING STOCK
dc.subject	ROUTE
dc.subject	SANITATION
dc.subject	SANITATION UTILITIES
dc.subject	SAVINGS
dc.subject	SPEED LIMITS
dc.subject	SURFACE FREIGHT
dc.subject	SURFACE TRANSPORT
dc.subject	TARIFF LEVELS
dc.subject	TAX
dc.subject	TAX REVENUES
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subject	TELEPHONE CALLS
dc.subject	TELEPHONE NETWORKS
dc.subject	TRAFFIC DENSITY
dc.subject	TRAFFIC LEVELS
dc.subject	TRAFFIC VOLUMES
dc.subject	TRANSIT
dc.subject	TRANSMISSION CAPACITY
dc.subject	TRANSMISSION LINE
dc.subject	TRANSPORT
dc.subject	TRANSPORT CAPACITY
dc.subject	TRANSPORT COSTS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT INDUSTRY
dc.subject	TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT MODE
dc.subject	TRANSPORT NETWORK
dc.subject	TRANSPORT POLICY
dc.subject	TRANSPORT QUALITY
dc.subject	TRANSPORT SAFETY
dc.subject	TRANSPORT SERVICES
dc.subject	TRANSPORT SYSTEM
dc.subject	TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject	TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
dc.subject	TRIPS
dc.subject	TROPICAL FOREST
dc.subject	TRUE
dc.subject	URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	URBAN ROAD
dc.subject	URBAN TRANSPORT
dc.subject	UTILITIES
dc.subject	UTILITY BILL
dc.subject	UTILITY BILLS
dc.subject	VOLTAGE
dc.subject	WATER CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	WATER SERVICES
dc.subject	WATER SUPPLY
dc.subject	WATER TARIFFS
dc.subject	WATER UTILITIES
dc.title	The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	Africa
dc.coverage	Africa
dc.coverage	Sub-Saharan Africa
dc.coverage	Central Africa
dc.coverage	Congo, Democratic Republic of