Shkaratan, MariaFoster, Vivien2012-03-192012-03-192011https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3363Infrastructure contributed 1.2 percentage points to Malawi's annual per capital GDP growth over the past decade. Raising the country's infrastructure endowment to that of the region s middle-income countries could increase that contribution by 3.5 percentage points. Malawi's successes in infrastructure development include reaching the Millennium Development Goals for water and making GSM telephone signals widely available without public subsidy. Challenges include improving the reliability and sustainability of the power sector, raising funding for road maintenance, preventing overengineering of roads, enhancing market access in agricultural areas, and lowering the cost of information and communications services. The latter goal may be achievable by securing competitive access to the new submarine infrastructure on the East African coast.Addressing Malawi's infrastructure deficit would require sustained expenditures of almost $600 million per year over the decade 2006-15. During the mid-2000s, the country spent close to $200 million per year, about half of which went to the transport sector. Because of widespread inefficiencies -- underpricing of power, improperly maintained roads, and utility distribution losses --about $200 million is wasted each year. But even if those inefficiencies were eliminated, Malawi would still face an annual infrastructure funding gap of almost $300 million. That gap could be cut to $100 million by engaging in regional trade of electricity, using lower-cost technologies in water and sanitation, and adopting less-ambitious road-building technologies. If inefficiencies were eliminated and recent spending levels sustained, Malawi could reach its infrastructure targets within 16 years.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESSIBILITYAIRAIR SAFETYAIR SPACEAIR TRAFFICAIR TRAFFIC CONTROLAIR TRANSPORTAIRPORTSAPPROACHASSET MAINTENANCEAVAILABILITYBALANCEBANDWIDTHBOTTLENECKSBRIDGECABLECAPITAL EXPENDITURECAPITAL INVESTMENTCAPITALSCARRIERSCARSCONCESSIONCOST OF POWERCOST RECOVERYCOSTS OF POWERCOUNTRY COMPARISONSCUBIC METERDEFICITSDISTRIBUTION LOSSESECONOMIC GROWTHELECTRICITYELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY TARIFFSELECTRIFICATIONFINANCIAL BURDENFINANCIAL DATAFREIGHTFUELFUTURE INVESTMENTSGENERATIONGENERATION CAPACITYGENERATION OF ELECTRICITYGENERATORSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH RATESHOUSEHOLD BUDGETSHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLDSHYDROPOWERINFRASTRUCTURE ASSETSINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINFRASTRUCTURE FUNDINGINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINFRASTRUCTURE SERVICESINFRASTRUCTURE SPENDINGINTERNATIONAL TRAFFICINVESTMENT PROGRAMINVESTMENT REQUIREMENTSINVESTMENT TARGETSINVESTMENTS IN POWERKILOWATT-HOURLEGAL FRAMEWORKLEVEL OF CONCENTRATIONLITERS PER CAPITA PER DAYLOCOMOTIVEMAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTSMARGINAL COSTMARKET ACCESSMINERAL RESOURCESMONTHLY WATER BILLNATURAL RESOURCESO&MOPEN ACCESSOPERATING COSTSOPERATING EXPENDITURESOPERATIONAL EFFICIENCYPERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTSPOWERPOWER CONSUMPTIONPOWER GENERATIONPOWER GENERATION CAPACITYPOWER GRIDPOWER PRODUCTIONPOWER SECTORPOWER TRADEPRIVATE OPERATORSPRIVATE PARTICIPATIONPRIVATIZATIONPRODUCTIVITYPROVISION OF WATERPUBLIC INFRASTRUCTUREPUBLIC PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTUREPUBLIC SECTORRAILRAIL LINKSRAIL NETWORKRAIL OPERATORRAIL TRAFFICRAILWAYRAILWAYSREGIONAL TRANSPORTREGULATORY AGENCYRESIDENTIAL CONSUMERSREVENUE COLLECTIONROADROAD INVESTMENTROAD MAINTENANCEROAD NETWORKROAD QUALITYROAD SECTORROAD TRAFFICROAD TRANSPORTROADSROUTERURAL WATERSAFETYSANITATIONSANITATION UTILITIESSURFACE WATERTAXTOLLTRAFFIC DENSITYTRAFFIC VOLUMESTRANSITTRANSPORTTRANSPORT INDUSTRYTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT MARKETTRANSPORT POLICYTRANSPORT QUALITYTRANSPORT SECTORURBAN TRANSPORTURBAN WATERURBAN WATER SUPPLYURBAN WATER UTILITIESUTILITY BILLSUTILITY DISTRIBUTIONVEHICLEVEHICLESWATER CONSUMPTIONWATER POLICYWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCESWATER SECTORWATER SECTOR REFORMWATER SERVICESWATER SOURCEWATER SUPPLYWATER TARIFFSWATER USERWATER UTILITIESWELLSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5598