ECCAS's Infrastructure : A Regional Perspective

Ranganathan, Rupa; Foster, Vivien

dc.creator	Ranganathan, Rupa
dc.creator	Foster, Vivien
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:05:45Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:05:45Z
dc.date	2011-10-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T21:00:33Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T21:00:33Z
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_20111025144312
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3623
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244587
dc.description	Sound infrastructure is fundamental for growth across the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). During 1995-2005, improvements in infrastructure boosted growth in Central Africa by 1 percentage point per capita annually, primarily due to the introduction and expansion of mobile telephony. Improved roads also made a small contribution. Conversely, inadequate power deterred growth to a greater degree than elsewhere in Africa. ECCAS must address a complex set of challenges. Economic activity takes place in isolated pockets separated by vast distances. Two countries are landlocked and dependent on regional corridors; seven countries have populations of under 10 million; and eight have economies that are smaller than $10 billion/year. This difficult economic geography demands a regional approach to developing infrastructure. Yet Central Africa's infrastructure has the poorest performance record in all of Africa on most aggregate indicators. Transportation is slow and the most expensive in Sub-Saharan Africa, with poor road conditions, border delays, port delays, time-consuming administrative processes, no integrated railway network, and inefficient air transport. The ICT backbone is still in its early stages; access rates are low and the prices of critical services are the highest in Africa. ECCAS has the least-developed power sector on the continent despite significant hydropower resources. If Central Africa's infrastructure could be improved to the level of Mauritius, regional growth performance would be boosted by some 5 percentage points, with power making the strongest contribution. The cost of such an improvement is estimated at $1.8 billion/year for a decade and will require external assistance.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5857
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	AGGREGATES
dc.subject	AIR
dc.subject	AIR CARRIERS
dc.subject	AIR SAFETY
dc.subject	AIR SERVICE
dc.subject	AIR SERVICES
dc.subject	AIR TRAFFIC
dc.subject	AIR TRAFFIC SAFETY
dc.subject	AIR TRANSPORT
dc.subject	AIR TRANSPORT MARKET
dc.subject	AIR TRANSPORT SAFETY
dc.subject	AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR
dc.subject	AIR TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject	AIR TRAVEL
dc.subject	AIRCRAFT
dc.subject	AIRCRAFTS
dc.subject	AIRLINE
dc.subject	AIRLINES
dc.subject	AIRPORT
dc.subject	AIRPORT CHARGES
dc.subject	AIRPORT CONCESSION
dc.subject	AIRPORTS
dc.subject	AIRWAYS
dc.subject	AIRWORTHINESS
dc.subject	AIRWORTHINESS PROJECT
dc.subject	ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT
dc.subject	ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT MODES
dc.subject	ARTERIES
dc.subject	AVIATION POLICY
dc.subject	BORDER CROSSINGS
dc.subject	BRIDGE
dc.subject	BUS
dc.subject	BUS SERVICES
dc.subject	CABLE
dc.subject	CABLES
dc.subject	CABOTAGE
dc.subject	CALL RATES
dc.subject	CAPITAL INVESTMENT
dc.subject	CAR
dc.subject	CARBON DIOXIDE
dc.subject	CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
dc.subject	CARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subject	CARGO
dc.subject	CARGO HANDLING
dc.subject	CARGO TRAFFIC
dc.subject	CARRIAGE
dc.subject	CARRIAGES
dc.subject	CARRIERS
dc.subject	CIVIL AVIATION
dc.subject	CONCESSION
dc.subject	CONCESSION ARRANGEMENTS
dc.subject	CONCESSIONS
dc.subject	CONGESTION
dc.subject	CONGESTION PROBLEMS
dc.subject	CONSTRUCTION
dc.subject	CONTAINER HANDLING
dc.subject	CONTAINER TRAFFIC
dc.subject	CONTAINERS
dc.subject	CONTAINERS PER HOUR
dc.subject	CORRIDOR
dc.subject	COST OF POWER
dc.subject	COST RECOVERY
dc.subject	COST RECOVERY RATIO
dc.subject	COSTS OF POWER
dc.subject	CROSSING
dc.subject	CUSTOMS
dc.subject	CUSTOMS CLEARANCE
dc.subject	DAILY TRAFFIC
dc.subject	DEMAND FOR POWER
dc.subject	DIESEL
dc.subject	DIRECT FLIGHTS
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTION LOSSES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC BENEFITS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC CRISIS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH FORECASTS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
dc.subject	ECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subject	EDGE
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY GENERATION
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
dc.subject	EMISSIONS SAVINGS
dc.subject	ENERGY COSTS
dc.subject	EXCESS SUPPLY
dc.subject	EXPORT
dc.subject	FLIGHT
dc.subject	FOREIGN INVESTORS
dc.subject	FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	FREIGHT
dc.subject	FREIGHT BUREAUS
dc.subject	FREIGHT FORWARDERS
dc.subject	FREIGHT MARKETS
dc.subject	FREIGHT MOVEMENT
dc.subject	FREIGHT MOVEMENTS
dc.subject	FREIGHT TARIFFS
dc.subject	FREIGHT TRAFFIC
dc.subject	FREIGHT TRANSPORT
dc.subject	FREIGHT TRANSPORT PRICES
dc.subject	FREQUENCY OF FLIGHTS
dc.subject	FUEL
dc.subject	FUEL OIL
dc.subject	GENERATION
dc.subject	GENERATION CAPACITY
dc.subject	GROWTH RATES
dc.subject	HIGH TRANSPORT
dc.subject	HUB
dc.subject	IMPLEMENTATION OF ROAD MAINTENANCE
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING
dc.subject	INLAND WATERWAYS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC
dc.subject	INVENTORY
dc.subject	LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES
dc.subject	LARGE OPERATORS
dc.subject	LIFTING
dc.subject	LOCOMOTIVE
dc.subject	LOWER PRICES
dc.subject	MARGINAL COSTS
dc.subject	MARKET CONCENTRATION
dc.subject	MODE OF TRANSPORT
dc.subject	NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	NATIONAL RAILWAY
dc.subject	NAVIGATION
dc.subject	NORTH-SOUTH CORRIDOR
dc.subject	O&M
dc.subject	OPEN ACCESS
dc.subject	OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
dc.subject	OPERATIONAL SAFETY
dc.subject	PASSENGER
dc.subject	PASSENGERS
dc.subject	PAVING
dc.subject	PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
dc.subject	PLANES
dc.subject	PORT INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	POWER
dc.subject	POWER COSTS
dc.subject	POWER NETWORK
dc.subject	POWER PLANTS
dc.subject	POWER SECTOR
dc.subject	POWER SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	PROFIT MARGINS
dc.subject	RAIL
dc.subject	RAIL HAULAGE
dc.subject	RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	RAIL LINES
dc.subject	RAIL NETWORK
dc.subject	RAIL NETWORKS
dc.subject	RAIL TRAFFIC
dc.subject	RAILWAY
dc.subject	RAILWAY NETWORK
dc.subject	RAILWAY NETWORKS
dc.subject	RAILWAYS
dc.subject	RANGE
dc.subject	RATE OF RETURN
dc.subject	REFERENCE
dc.subject	REGIONAL AIR TRANSPORT
dc.subject	REGIONAL AIRPORTS
dc.subject	REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	REGIONAL NETWORK
dc.subject	REGIONAL TRANSPORT
dc.subject	REVENUE COLLECTION
dc.subject	RIVER
dc.subject	ROAD
dc.subject	ROAD CONDITIONS
dc.subject	ROAD CORRIDORS
dc.subject	ROAD DENSITY
dc.subject	ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
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	SAFETY
dc.subject	SAFETY OVERSIGHT
dc.subject	SAFETY STANDARDS
dc.subject	SANITATION
dc.subject	SEAPORTS
dc.subject	SHARING
dc.subject	SHIPPERS
dc.subject	SPEED
dc.subject	SQUARE
dc.subject	SURFACE TRANSPORT
dc.subject	SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject	TERMINAL
dc.subject	TERMINALS
dc.subject	TIMBER
dc.subject	TOTAL LENGTH
dc.subject	TRADE FACILITATION
dc.subject	TRADE LOGISTICS
dc.subject	TRAFFIC
dc.subject	TRAFFIC DENSITY
dc.subject	TRAFFIC FLOWS
dc.subject	TRAFFIC PATTERNS
dc.subject	TRAFFIC VOLUMES
dc.subject	TRANSIT
dc.subject	TRANSIT CORRIDORS
dc.subject	TRANSIT TIMES
dc.subject	TRANSMISSION CAPACITY
dc.subject	TRANSMISSION LINES
dc.subject	TRANSPORT ALTERNATIVES
dc.subject	TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT COSTS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT MARKET
dc.subject	TRANSPORT OF GOODS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT QUALITY
dc.subject	TRANSPORT SAFETY
dc.subject	TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT TARIFFS
dc.subject	TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject	TRANSSHIPMENT
dc.subject	TRAVEL TIME
dc.subject	TRIP
dc.subject	TRUCK PROCESSING
dc.subject	TRUCKING
dc.subject	TRUCKS
dc.subject	UTILITIES
dc.subject	VEHICLE
dc.subject	VEHICLE MILEAGE
dc.subject	VEHICLES
dc.subject	VELOCITY
dc.subject	VESSELS
dc.subject	VOLUME OF TRAFFIC
dc.subject	WAREHOUSING
dc.subject	WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.title	ECCAS's Infrastructure : A Regional Perspective
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	Africa
dc.coverage	Central Africa