Dominguez-Torres, CarolinaFoster, Vivien2012-03-192012-03-192011-09-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3586The poor state of Cameroon's infrastructure is a key bottleneck to the nation's economic growth. From 2000 to 2005, improvements in information and communications technology (ICT) boosted Cameroon's growth performance by 1.26 percentage points per capita, while deficient power infrastructure held growth back by 0.28 points per capita. If Cameroon could improve its infrastructure to the level of Africa's middle-income countries, it could raise its per capita economic growth rate by about 3.3 percentage points. Cameroon has made significant progress in many aspects of infrastructure, implementing institutional reforms across a broad range of sectors with a view to attracting private-sector participation and finance, which has generally led to performance improvements. But the country still faces a number of important infrastructure challenges, including poor road quality, expensive and unreliable electricity, and a stagnating and uncompetitive ICT sector. Cameroon currently spends around $930 million per year on infrastructure, with $586 million lost to inefficiencies. Removing those inefficiencies would leave an infrastructure funding gap of $350 million per year. Given Cameroon's relatively strong economy and natural-resource base, as well as its success in attracting private financing, the country should be able to close that gap and meet its infrastructure goals within 13 years.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESS TO WATER SUPPLYACCESSIBILITYACCIDENTSACCOUNTINGAIRAIR MARKETAIR TRAFFICAIR TRANSPORTAIRCRAFTAIRPORTSAPPROACHASSET HOLDERAVAILABILITYBALANCEBANDWIDTHBANKSBUSBUS SERVICESCABLECAPACITY EXPANSIONCAPITAL EXPENDITURECAPITAL INVESTMENTCAPITAL INVESTMENTSCARCARGOCARRIERSCARSCLEAN WATERCONCESSIONCONCESSION AREACONCESSIONSCONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITYCONTAINER OPERATIONSCONTAINER TERMINALCONTAINER TRAFFICCOST RECOVERYCOST RECOVERY RATIOCOSTS OF POWERCRASHESCROSS-SUBSIDIESCROSSINGCRUDE OILCUBIC METERCUBIC METERSDEFICITSDEMAND FOR POWERDEMAND FOR TRANSPORTDEMAND FOR TRANSPORT SERVICESDIESELDISCOUNT RATEDISTRIBUTION LOSSESDRINKING WATERECONOMIC CRISISECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC GROWTH RATEECONOMIC PERFORMANCEEFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTSELECTRICITY TARIFFSENERGY DEMANDFINANCIAL DATAFINANCIAL PERFORMANCEFREIGHTFREIGHT FORWARDERSFREIGHT TRANSPORTFUELFUEL OILGASGASOLINEGENERATIONGENERATION ASSETSGENERATION CAPACITYGENERATORSGLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIPGOVERNANCE INDICATORSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEAVY FUEL OILHIGH TRANSPORTHOLDING COMPANYHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD USEHOUSEHOLDSHOUSINGHYDROPOWERINCREASE IN CAPACITYINCUMBENT OPERATORINFRASTRUCTURE ASSETSINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINFRASTRUCTURE FUNDINGINFRASTRUCTURE SERVICESINFRASTRUCTURE SPENDINGINFRASTRUCTURESINLAND TRANSPORTINTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORTINTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATIONINTERNATIONAL AVIATIONINTERNATIONAL MARKETSINTERNATIONAL TRAVELINVESTMENT CLIMATEINVESTMENT COSTINVESTMENT COSTSINVESTMENT PROGRAMINVESTMENT TARGETSKILOWATT-HOURLOCAL AUTHORITIESLOCOMOTIVEMAINTENANCE ACTIVITIESMAINTENANCE CONTRACTSMAINTENANCE COSTSMARGINAL COSTSMARKET ACCESSMARKET CONCENTRATIONMOBILITYNATURAL GASNATURAL RESOURCESNEIGHBORHOODSOIL RESOURCESOPEN ACCESSOPERATIONAL EFFICIENCYOPERATIONAL PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTSPILOT PROJECTSPOPULATION DENSITYPOPULATION GROWTHPORT AUTHORITYPORT CONCESSIONSPORT FACILITIESPORT INVESTMENTSPOTABLE WATERPOWERPOWER COSTSPOWER GENERATIONPOWER PLANTPOWER PLANTSPOWER PRICESPOWER PRODUCTIONPOWER SECTORPOWER TRADEPRICE OF DIESELPRIVATE FINANCINGPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONPRIVATIZATIONPRODUCTIVITYPROFIT MARGINSPROVISION OF SERVICESPROVISION OF WATERPROVISION OF WATER SUPPLYPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC PORTSPUBLIC ROADSPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC UTILITIESRAILRAIL DEVELOPMENTRAILROADSRAILWAYRAILWAY LINERAILWAY SECTORRAILWAYSREGIONAL PUBLIC GOODSREGULATORY FRAMEWORKRETAIL PRICESREVENUE COLLECTIONROADROAD ASSETSROAD MAINTENANCEROAD NETWORKROAD QUALITYROAD SAFETYROAD SECTORROAD TRAFFICROADSROLLING STOCKROUTERURAL ELECTRIFICATIONRURAL ENERGYSAFE WATERSANITATIONSANITATION SECTORSANITATION SERVICESSANITATION UTILITIESSAVINGSSERVICE PROVIDERSSERVICE QUALITYSEWERAGE NETWORKSURFACE TRANSPORTSURFACE WATERTHERMAL POWERTHERMAL POWER PLANTSTHERMAL SYSTEMSTOWNSTRAFFICTRAFFIC DENSITYTRAFFIC LEVELSTRAFFIC REVENUESTRAFFIC VOLUMESTRAILSTRANSITTRANSIT CORRIDORSTRANSPARENCYTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT FACILITATIONTRANSPORT INDICATORSTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT MARKETTRANSPORT REGULATIONTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORT SERVICESTRANSPORTATIONTRAVEL TIMESTRIPTRUCK PROCESSINGTRUCKSURBAN AREASURBAN CENTERSURBAN SPRAWLURBAN WATERURBAN WATER SUPPLYURBAN WATER UTILITYVEHICLEVEHICLE MILEAGEVEHICLESVOLTAGEWATER CONSUMPTIONWATER QUALITYWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCESWATER SUPPLY SECTORWATER SUPPLY UTILITIESWATER USEWATER UTILITIESWEALTHWELLSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5822