Forecasting Investment Needs in South Africa's Electricity and Telecommunications Sectors

Bogetić, Željko; Fedderke, Johannes W.

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-3829

collection.link.5	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/9
collection.name.5	Policy Research Working Papers
dc.contributor.author	Bogetić, Željko
dc.contributor.author	Fedderke, Johannes W.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-22T14:43:43Z
dc.date.available	2012-06-22T14:43:43Z
dc.date.issued	2006-02
dc.date.lastModified	2021-04-23T14:02:40Z
dc.description.abstract	The authors use a panel-data set for the period 1980-2002 to estimate demand for electricity and telecommunications services and project investment needs in South Africa through 2010 for two growth scenarios. Projections of average annual investment needs in electricity and telecommunications for the current growth scenario (3.6 percent a year) are of the order of 0.2 percent and 0.75 percent of GDP, respectively. An alternative, accelerated growth scenario (6 percent a year) implies approximate doubling of investment needs in these sectors.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6553739/forecasting-investment-needs-south-africas-electricity-telecommunications-sectors
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8767
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3829
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	ABSOLUTE TERMS
dc.subject	ACCOUNTING
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	AIC
dc.subject	ANNUAL GROWTH
dc.subject	ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
dc.subject	BENCHMARK
dc.subject	BENCHMARKING
dc.subject	BENCHMARKS
dc.subject	COLLABORATION
dc.subject	COMPARATOR GROUP
dc.subject	COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subject	CONSUMERS
dc.subject	DEBT
dc.subject	DEFICITS
dc.subject	DEPENDENT VARIABLE
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT REPORT
dc.subject	ECONOMETRICS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ELASTICITY
dc.subject	ELECTRIFICATION
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	ESTIMATION RESULTS
dc.subject	ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES
dc.subject	EXCHANGE RATE
dc.subject	EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
dc.subject	FIXED EFFECTS
dc.subject	FIXED EFFECTS ESTIMATION
dc.subject	FORECASTS
dc.subject	GDP
dc.subject	GDP GROWTH RATE
dc.subject	GDP PER CAPITA
dc.subject	GROWTH PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	GROWTH POLICY
dc.subject	GROWTH RATE
dc.subject	GROWTH RATES
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCOME ELASTICITY
dc.subject	INCOME GROUPS
dc.subject	INCOME MEASURES
dc.subject	INDEPENDENT VARIABLES
dc.subject	INDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subject	INFLATION
dc.subject	INFLATION RATE
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subject	INVESTMENT FLOWS
dc.subject	INVESTMENT NEEDS
dc.subject	INVESTMENT PLANS
dc.subject	INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	LAGGED DEPENDENT
dc.subject	LAGGED VALUES
dc.subject	LATIN AMERICAN
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject	LONG RUN
dc.subject	LRMC
dc.subject	MARGINAL COST
dc.subject	MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	MEDIA
dc.subject	MEDIUM TERM
dc.subject	MONETARY ECONOMICS
dc.subject	OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
dc.subject	PER CAPITA GROWTH
dc.subject	POLICY DEBATE
dc.subject	POLICY DISCUSSION
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POOR GROWTH
dc.subject	POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	PRIVATE INVESTMENT
dc.subject	PRIVATE INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	PROFIT MAXIMIZATION
dc.subject	PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	PUBLIC POLICY
dc.subject	REAL GDP
dc.subject	REGULATORY REFORM
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	STATEMENT
dc.subject	STRUCTURAL BREAK
dc.subject	STRUCTURAL CHANGE
dc.subject	SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subject	TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	TELECOM SECTOR
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
dc.subject	TELEPHONE LINES
dc.subject	TELEPHONE SERVICES
dc.subject	TELEPHONE USE
dc.subject	TELEPHONES
dc.subject	TRANSPORT
dc.subject	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBANIZATION
dc.subject	VALUE ADDED
dc.title	Forecasting Investment Needs in South Africa's Electricity and Telecommunications Sectors	en
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6553739/forecasting-investment-needs-south-africas-electricity-telecommunications-sectors
okr.globalpractice	Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice	Transport and ICT
okr.globalpractice	Poverty
okr.globalpractice	Finance and Markets
okr.googlescholar.linkpresent	yes
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/1813-9450-3829
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	000016406_20060124163745
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	6553739
okr.identifier.report	WPS3829
okr.language.supported	en
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okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	South Africa
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction :: Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topic	Economic Theory and Research
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Investment and Investment Climate
okr.topic	Banks and Banking Reform
okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies :: ICT Policy and Strategies
okr.topic	Finance and Financial Sector Development
okr.unit	Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume	1 of 1

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