The Central African Republic’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

Dominguez-Torres, Carolina; Foster, Vivien

dc.creator	Dominguez-Torres, Carolina
dc.creator	Foster, Vivien
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:02:52Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:02:52Z
dc.date	2011-06-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:57:14Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:57:14Z
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_20110622083107
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3461
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244425
dc.description	Between 2000 and 2005, infrastructure contributed less than 1 percentage point to the Central African Republic's annual per capita GDP growth, despite substantial spending in the road sector. Raising the country's infrastructure endowment to that of the region's middle-income countries could boost annual growth by about 3.5 percentage points. The CAR has made significant progress in the transport, water, power, and information and communications technology (ICT) sectors. But the high cost of fuel, which raises transportation and energy costs, has been a vexing issue across all infrastructure sectors. The CAR's most pressing infrastructural challenge lies in the transport sector, which relies heavily on neighboring countries and could benefit from improved road conditions and enhanced performance at the port of Douala in Cameroon. In the power sector, the country suffers from a deteriorating infrastructure stock that it can no longer afford to maintain, and an inefficient and unreliable power supply. Additional challenges include a need for improved infrastructure in the water and sanitation and ICT sectors. Addressing the CAR's infrastructure challenges will require sustained expenditure of $346 million per year over the next decade. The nation already spends around $134 million per year on infrastructure, with $37 million a year lost to inefficiencies of various kinds. If those inefficiencies were fully eliminated, the country's annual infrastructure funding gap would be $183 million per year. Improvements in funding, coupled with the prospect of an economic rebound and prudent policies, could lift the country from its fragile state back to and beyond the prosperity standards it once enjoyed.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5697
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	ACCESS TO SAFE WATER
dc.subject	ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY
dc.subject	ACCESSIBILITY
dc.subject	ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY
dc.subject	AIR
dc.subject	AIR FARES
dc.subject	AIR FLEET
dc.subject	AIR TRANSPORT
dc.subject	AIRCRAFT
dc.subject	AIRPORTS
dc.subject	ARTERY
dc.subject	AVAILABILITY
dc.subject	BALANCE
dc.subject	BANDWIDTH
dc.subject	BERTH PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	BILL COLLECTION
dc.subject	BORDER TRADE
dc.subject	CABLE
dc.subject	CAPACITY FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION
dc.subject	CAPITAL COSTS
dc.subject	CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	CAPITAL INVESTMENT
dc.subject	CAR
dc.subject	CAR ACCESS
dc.subject	CAR FUEL
dc.subject	CARGO
dc.subject	CARRIERS
dc.subject	CLEAN WATER
dc.subject	COMPETITIVE MARKETS
dc.subject	CONNECTION CHARGE
dc.subject	CONNECTION COSTS
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	CONTAINER TERMINAL
dc.subject	COST OF TRANSPORT
dc.subject	COST RECOVERY
dc.subject	CUBIC METER
dc.subject	CUBIC METER OF WATER
dc.subject	CUBIC METERS
dc.subject	DIESEL
dc.subject	DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTION LOSSES
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
dc.subject	DRAINAGE
dc.subject	DRINKING WATER
dc.subject	ECONOMIC CRISIS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY REGULATOR
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
dc.subject	ELECTRIFICATION
dc.subject	ENERGY COSTS
dc.subject	ENERGY RESOURCES
dc.subject	EXCESS CAPACITY
dc.subject	EXCESS SUPPLY
dc.subject	FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	FLEETS
dc.subject	FREIGHT
dc.subject	FUEL
dc.subject	FUEL OIL
dc.subject	FUEL PRICES
dc.subject	GASOLINE
dc.subject	GASOLINE PRICES
dc.subject	GENERATION
dc.subject	GENERATION ASSETS
dc.subject	GENERATION CAPACITY
dc.subject	GENERATION COSTS
dc.subject	GENERATORS
dc.subject	GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	HYDROPOWER
dc.subject	HYDROPOWER PLANT
dc.subject	INEFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING
dc.subject	INLAND TRANSPORT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL AVIATION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
dc.subject	INVESTMENT COSTS
dc.subject	INVESTMENT PROGRAM
dc.subject	INVESTMENT TARGETS
dc.subject	KILOWATT-HOUR
dc.subject	LIMITED INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	LITERS PER CAPITA PER DAY
dc.subject	LOCAL PARTNERS
dc.subject	LOWER PRICES
dc.subject	MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS
dc.subject	MARGINAL COSTS
dc.subject	MARKET ACCESS
dc.subject	MARKET CONCENTRATION
dc.subject	MODE OF TRANSPORT
dc.subject	MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT
dc.subject	NATIONAL TRANSPORT
dc.subject	NEIGHBORHOODS
dc.subject	NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS
dc.subject	O&M
dc.subject	OIL PIPELINE
dc.subject	OIL PRICES
dc.subject	OPEN ACCESS
dc.subject	OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
dc.subject	PASSENGERS
dc.subject	PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
dc.subject	PETROLEUM
dc.subject	PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
dc.subject	PIPELINE
dc.subject	POPULATION DENSITIES
dc.subject	POPULATION DENSITY
dc.subject	POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject	PORT AUTHORITY
dc.subject	POWER
dc.subject	POWER AVAILABILITY
dc.subject	POWER CRISIS
dc.subject	POWER DEMAND
dc.subject	POWER GENERATION
dc.subject	POWER PLANTS
dc.subject	POWER PRICES
dc.subject	POWER PRODUCTION
dc.subject	POWER SECTOR
dc.subject	POWER SHORTAGES
dc.subject	PRICE OF DIESEL
dc.subject	PRICE OF FUEL
dc.subject	PRICE OF OIL
dc.subject	PRIVATE OPERATORS
dc.subject	PRIVATE PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	PROFIT MARGINS
dc.subject	PUBLIC FUNDING
dc.subject	PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
dc.subject	PUBLIC ROADS
dc.subject	PUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subject	PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITIES
dc.subject	QUALITY OF ENERGY
dc.subject	QUALITY OF SERVICE
dc.subject	QUALITY OF WATER
dc.subject	RAIL
dc.subject	RAIL CORRIDOR
dc.subject	RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	RAIL TRANSPORT
dc.subject	RAILWAYS
dc.subject	RAW WATER
dc.subject	REGIONAL PUBLIC GOODS
dc.subject	RETAIL PRICES
dc.subject	REVENUE COLLECTION
dc.subject	ROAD
dc.subject	ROAD CONDITIONS
dc.subject	ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	ROAD MAINTENANCE
dc.subject	ROAD NETWORK
dc.subject	ROAD QUALITY
dc.subject	ROAD SECTOR
dc.subject	ROAD TRAFFIC
dc.subject	ROAD USER
dc.subject	ROAD USER CHARGES
dc.subject	ROADS
dc.subject	ROUTE
dc.subject	ROUTES
dc.subject	RUNWAYS
dc.subject	SAFE WATER
dc.subject	SAFETY
dc.subject	SAND
dc.subject	SANITATION
dc.subject	SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	SANITATION SECTOR
dc.subject	SANITATION SERVICES
dc.subject	SANITATION UTILITIES
dc.subject	SEAT CAPACITY
dc.subject	SERVICE QUALITY
dc.subject	SEWERAGE NETWORK
dc.subject	SOLID WASTE
dc.subject	SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
dc.subject	SOURCE OF ENERGY
dc.subject	SURFACE TRANSPORT
dc.subject	SURFACE WATER
dc.subject	TAX
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
dc.subject	THERMAL POWER
dc.subject	TOWN
dc.subject	TOWNS
dc.subject	TRAFFIC
dc.subject	TRAFFIC LEVELS
dc.subject	TRAFFIC VOLUMES
dc.subject	TRANSIT
dc.subject	TRANSMISSION CAPACITY
dc.subject	TRANSMISSION LINES
dc.subject	TRANSPORT
dc.subject	TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT COSTS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT FACILITATION
dc.subject	TRANSPORT INDICATORS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURES
dc.subject	TRANSPORT MARKET
dc.subject	TRANSPORT PLAN
dc.subject	TRANSPORT SECTOR
dc.subject	TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject	TRANSPORTATION COSTS
dc.subject	TRANSPORTS
dc.subject	TRAVEL TIMES
dc.subject	TRUCKS
dc.subject	TURBINES
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBAN CENTERS
dc.subject	VEHICLE
dc.subject	VEHICLE MILEAGE
dc.subject	VEHICLES
dc.subject	VIP LATRINES
dc.subject	VOLUME OF TRAFFIC
dc.subject	WALKING
dc.subject	WATER CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	WATER DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	WATER RESOURCES
dc.subject	WATER SHORTAGES
dc.subject	WATER SUPPLY
dc.subject	WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
dc.subject	WATER USE
dc.subject	WATER UTILITIES
dc.subject	WELLS
dc.title	The Central African Republic’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	Africa
dc.coverage	Sub-Saharan Africa
dc.coverage	Central Africa
dc.coverage	Central African Republic