Publication: Angola's Infrastructure: A Continental Perspective
Date
2011-03-01
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Published
2011-03-01
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Abstract
The Africa Infrastructure Country
Diagnostic (AICD) has gathered and analyzed extensive data
on infrastructure in more than 40 Sub-Saharan countries,
including Angola. The results have been presented in reports
covering different areas of infrastructure-information and
communication technology (ICT), irrigation, power,
transport, water and sanitation-and different policy areas,
including investment needs, fiscal costs, and sector
performance. This report presents the key AICD findings for
Angola, allowing the country's infrastructure situation
to be benchmarked against that of its African peers. Given
that Angola is a low-income resource-rich country, two sets
of African benchmarks will be used to evaluate Angola's
situation: fragile low-income countries and resource-rich
countries. Detailed comparisons will also be made with
immediate regional neighbors in the Southern African
Development Community (SADC). Several methodological issues
should be borne in mind. First, because of the cross-country
nature of data collection, a time lag is inevitable. The
period covered by the AICD for Angola runs from 2005 to
2009. But financial data for comparator countries typically
cover an earlier period, 2001-06, and are averaged to smooth
out fluctuations, while technical data are reported for
2006. In recent years, Angola's economy has been among
the fastest growing in Africa. Looking ahead, the
country's gross development product (GDP) is projected
to rise by 6.5 percent in 2011, with oil-sector growth of
3.8 percent and nonoil- sector growth of 8.1 percent (IMF
2011). A 27-year war that ended in 2002 ravaged the country
and destroyed most of its economic infrastructure. Many
roads, rails, and bridges were mined and obliterated;
surviving infrastructure is dilapidated after years of neglect.
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Citation
“Pushak, Nataliya; Foster, Vivien. 2011. Angola's Infrastructure: A Continental Perspective. Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic
(AICD) country report;. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27281 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”