East Africa's Infrastructure : A Regional Perspective

Ranganathan, Rupa; Foster, Vivien

dc.creator	Ranganathan, Rupa
dc.creator	Foster, Vivien
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:05:30Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:05:30Z
dc.date	2011-10-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T21:00:20Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T21:00:20Z
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_20111013121848
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3610
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244574
dc.description	Sound infrastructure is critical for growth in East Africa. During 1995-2005, improvements in infrastructure boosted growth by one percentage point per year, due largely to wider access to information and communication technologies (ICTs). Although power infrastructure sapped growth in other regions of Africa, it contributed 0.2 percentage points per year growth in East Africa. If East Africa's infrastructure could be improved to the level of the strongest performing country in Africa (Mauritius), regional growth performance would be boosted by some six percentage points, with power making the strongest contribution. East Africa's infrastructure ranks behind that of southern and western Africa across a range of indicators, though in terms of access to improved sources of water and sanitation and Internet density, it is comparable with or superior to the subcontinent s leader, southern Africa. By contrast, density of fixed-line telephones, power generation capacity, and access to electricity remain extremely low, though utility performance is improving through regional power trades. The road network is relatively good, although with some lengths of poor-quality or unpaved roads. Surface transport is challenged by border crossings, port delays, slow travel, limited railways, and trade logistics, but the region has a relatively mature and competitive trucking industry. Air transport benefits from a strong hub-and-spoke structure but has made little progress toward market liberalization. Of the seven countries in the region, four are landlocked, two have populations of fewer than 10 million people, and two have an annual gross domestic product of less than $10 billion. The difficult economic geography of East Africa makes a regional approach to infrastructure development necessary to achieve further improvement.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5844
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
dc.subject	AGGLOMERATION
dc.subject	AIR
dc.subject	AIR CARGO
dc.subject	AIR CARGO TRAFFIC
dc.subject	AIR CARRIER
dc.subject	AIR FLEET
dc.subject	AIR FREIGHT
dc.subject	AIR SAFETY
dc.subject	AIR SERVICE
dc.subject	AIR SERVICES
dc.subject	AIR TRAFFIC
dc.subject	AIR TRANSPORT
dc.subject	AIR TRANSPORT MARKET
dc.subject	AIR TRAVEL
dc.subject	AIRCRAFT
dc.subject	AIRLINE
dc.subject	AIRLINES
dc.subject	AIRPORT
dc.subject	AIRPORTS
dc.subject	AIRWAYS
dc.subject	ARTERIES
dc.subject	AVIATION POLICY
dc.subject	BERTH
dc.subject	BERTHS
dc.subject	BORDER CROSSINGS
dc.subject	BOTTLENECKS
dc.subject	BULK CARGO
dc.subject	CABLE
dc.subject	CABOTAGE
dc.subject	CAPITAL COSTS
dc.subject	CARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subject	CARGO CAPACITY
dc.subject	CARGO CARRIERS
dc.subject	CARGO HANDLING
dc.subject	CARGO HANDLING CHARGE
dc.subject	CARGO SERVICES
dc.subject	CARGO SPACE
dc.subject	CARGO TRAFFIC
dc.subject	CARRIAGE
dc.subject	CARRIERS
dc.subject	CIVIL AVIATION
dc.subject	COMMODITIES
dc.subject	COMPETITIVE TRUCKING INDUSTRY
dc.subject	CONCESSION
dc.subject	CONCESSION ARRANGEMENTS
dc.subject	CONGESTION
dc.subject	CONSTRUCTION
dc.subject	CONTAINER CARGO
dc.subject	CONTAINER HANDLING
dc.subject	CONTAINER SHIPS
dc.subject	CONTAINER TRAFFIC
dc.subject	CONTAINER VESSELS
dc.subject	CONTAINERS
dc.subject	CONTAINERS PER HOUR
dc.subject	CORRIDOR
dc.subject	COST OF POWER
dc.subject	COST OF TRANSPORT
dc.subject	COST RECOVERY
dc.subject	COST RECOVERY RATIO
dc.subject	COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
dc.subject	COSTS OF POWER
dc.subject	CROSSING
dc.subject	CUSTOMS
dc.subject	CUSTOMS CLEARANCE
dc.subject	DEMAND FOR POWER
dc.subject	DEMURRAGE
dc.subject	DEREGULATION
dc.subject	DIRECT FLIGHTS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC CRISIS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
dc.subject	ECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subject	EDGE
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
dc.subject	EMISSIONS
dc.subject	ENERGY COSTS
dc.subject	EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS
dc.subject	EXPORT
dc.subject	FIXED COSTS
dc.subject	FLEET MODERNIZATION
dc.subject	FLIGHT
dc.subject	FOREIGN AIRLINES
dc.subject	FOREIGN INVESTMENT
dc.subject	FOREIGN INVESTORS
dc.subject	FORWARDING
dc.subject	FREIGHT
dc.subject	FREIGHT FLEET
dc.subject	FREIGHT FORWARDERS
dc.subject	FREIGHT MOVEMENT
dc.subject	FREIGHT MOVEMENTS
dc.subject	FREIGHT RATES
dc.subject	FREIGHT SERVICES
dc.subject	FREIGHT TARIFFS
dc.subject	FREIGHT TRAFFIC
dc.subject	FREIGHTERS
dc.subject	FUEL
dc.subject	FUEL SURCHARGE
dc.subject	GENERATION
dc.subject	GENERATION CAPACITY
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
dc.subject	GROWTH FORECASTS
dc.subject	GROWTH IN TRAFFIC
dc.subject	GROWTH RATES
dc.subject	HANDLING
dc.subject	HEAVY TRAFFIC
dc.subject	HEAVY TRUCKS
dc.subject	HIGH TRANSPORT
dc.subject	HIGHWAY
dc.subject	HUB
dc.subject	IMPLEMENTATION OF ROAD MAINTENANCE
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
dc.subject	JOINT VENTURES
dc.subject	LAND TRANSPORT
dc.subject	LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES
dc.subject	LANDLOCKED COUNTRY
dc.subject	LOCOMOTIVE
dc.subject	MARGINAL COSTS
dc.subject	MARKET CONDITIONS
dc.subject	MILEAGE
dc.subject	MODE OF TRANSPORT
dc.subject	NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	NATIONAL RAILWAY
dc.subject	OPEN ACCESS
dc.subject	PASSENGER
dc.subject	PASSENGER AIRCRAFT
dc.subject	PASSENGER TRAFFIC
dc.subject	PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
dc.subject	POLICE
dc.subject	PORT ACCESS
dc.subject	PORT CONGESTION
dc.subject	PORT INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	PORT OF ENTRY
dc.subject	POWER
dc.subject	POWER NETWORK
dc.subject	RADAR
dc.subject	RAIL
dc.subject	RAIL CORRIDORS
dc.subject	RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	RAIL LINES
dc.subject	RAIL NETWORKS
dc.subject	RAIL SERVICES
dc.subject	RAIL SYSTEMS
dc.subject	RAIL TRAFFIC
dc.subject	RAIL TRANSPORT
dc.subject	RAILWAY
dc.subject	RAILWAY LINE
dc.subject	RAILWAY LINES
dc.subject	RAILWAY NETWORK
dc.subject	RAILWAY NETWORKS
dc.subject	RAILWAY SYSTEM
dc.subject	RAILWAYS
dc.subject	RANGE
dc.subject	REGIONAL AIR TRANSPORT
dc.subject	REGIONAL AIRPORTS
dc.subject	REGIONAL HUB
dc.subject	REGIONAL HUBS
dc.subject	REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	REGIONAL NETWORK
dc.subject	REGIONAL RAIL NETWORK
dc.subject	REGIONAL SAFETY OVERSIGHT
dc.subject	RIM
dc.subject	RIVER
dc.subject	ROAD
dc.subject	ROAD CORRIDORS
dc.subject	ROAD FREIGHT SERVICES
dc.subject	ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	ROAD LINKS
dc.subject	ROAD MAINTENANCE
dc.subject	ROAD NETWORK
dc.subject	ROAD QUALITY
dc.subject	ROAD TRANSPORT
dc.subject	ROADS
dc.subject	ROLLING STOCK
dc.subject	ROUTE
dc.subject	ROUTES
dc.subject	RUNWAYS
dc.subject	SAFETY
dc.subject	SAFETY OVERSIGHT
dc.subject	SAFETY STANDARDS
dc.subject	SANITATION
dc.subject	SHIPMENTS
dc.subject	SHIPPING
dc.subject	SHIPPING LINES
dc.subject	SQUARE
dc.subject	SURFACE TRANSPORT
dc.subject	TERMINAL
dc.subject	TERMINALS
dc.subject	TOLL
dc.subject	TOLL ROAD
dc.subject	TOLL ROAD CONCESSIONS
dc.subject	TRADE LOGISTICS
dc.subject	TRAFFIC
dc.subject	TRAFFIC DENSITY
dc.subject	TRAFFIC FLOWS
dc.subject	TRAFFIC PATTERNS
dc.subject	TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE
dc.subject	TRAFFIC VOLUMES
dc.subject	TRAINS
dc.subject	TRANSIT
dc.subject	TRANSIT CORRIDORS
dc.subject	TRANSIT TIMES
dc.subject	TRANSPORT CAPACITY
dc.subject	TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT COSTS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	TRANSPORT MARKET
dc.subject	TRANSPORT OF GOODS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT RAILWAYS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT RATES
dc.subject	TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
dc.subject	TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject	TRANSPORTATION RATES
dc.subject	TRANSSHIPMENT
dc.subject	TRAVEL TIMES
dc.subject	TRIP
dc.subject	TRUCK PROCESSING
dc.subject	TRUCKING COMPANIES
dc.subject	TRUCKS
dc.subject	TRUE
dc.subject	UTILITIES
dc.subject	VEHICLES
dc.subject	WAITING TIME
dc.subject	WAREHOUSE
dc.subject	WAREHOUSING
dc.subject	WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	WHOLESALE MARKETS
dc.title	East Africa's Infrastructure : A Regional Perspective
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	Africa
dc.coverage	East Africa