Domínguez-Torres, CarolinaFoster, Vivien2017-06-162017-06-162011-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27262Between 2000 and 2005 infrastructure made a modest net contribution of less than one percentage point to the improved per capita growth performance of the Central African Republic (CAR), despite high expenses in the road sector. Raising the country's infrastructure endowment to that of the region's middle-income countries could boost annual growth by about 3.5 percentage points. Assuming that the inefficiencies are fully captured, comparing spending needs against existing spending and potential efficiency gains leaves an annual funding gap of $183 million per year. By far the largest gap exists in transport. The CAR has the potential to close this gap by raising additional public funding for infrastructure from increased fiscal receipts of various kinds. Furthermore, the CAR has not captured as much private finance for infrastructure (measured as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product, or GDP) as many of its neighbors. This scope for improvement, coupled with the prospect of an economic rebound and prudent policies, could lift the country from it fragile state back to and beyond the prosperity standards it once enjoyed.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESS TO SAFE WATERACCESS TO WATER SUPPLYACCESSIBILITYADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITYAIRAIR FARESAIR FLEETAIR TRANSPORTAIRCRAFTAIRPORTSARTERYAVAILABILITYBALANCEBANDWIDTHBERTH PRODUCTIVITYBILL COLLECTIONCABLECAPITAL COSTSCAPITAL EXPENDITURECAPITAL INVESTMENTCARCAR ACCESSCAR FUELCARGOCARRIERSCLEAN WATERCOMPETITIVE MARKETSCONNECTION CHARGECONNECTION COSTSCONSUMER SURPLUSCONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITYCONTAINER TERMINALCOPYRIGHTCOST OF TRANSPORTCOST RECOVERYCUBIC METERCUBIC METER OF WATERCUBIC METERSDIESELDIGITAL SUBSCRIBERDISCOUNT RATEDISTRIBUTION LOSSESDISTRIBUTION NETWORKDRAINAGEDRINKING WATERE-MAILECONOMIC CRISISECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PERFORMANCEELECTRICITY CONSUMPTIONELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTUREELECTRICITY REGULATORELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRIFICATIONENERGY RESOURCESEXCESS CAPACITYEXCESS SUPPLYFINANCIAL PERFORMANCEFLEETSFREIGHTFUELFUEL OILFUEL PRICESGASOLINEGASOLINE PRICESGENERATIONGENERATION ASSETSGENERATION CAPACITYGENERATION COSTSGENERATORSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHOUSEHOLDSHYDROPOWERHYDROPOWER PLANTINEFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCESINFRASTRUCTURE ASSETSINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINFRASTRUCTURE SERVICESINFRASTRUCTURE SPENDINGINLAND TRANSPORTINTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORTINTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATIONINTERNATIONAL AIRPORTINTERNATIONAL AVIATIONINTERNATIONAL FLIGHTSINTERNATIONAL TRAVELINVESTMENT COSTSINVESTMENT PROGRAMINVESTMENT TARGETSKILOWATT-HOURLICENSESLIMITED INFRASTRUCTURELITERS PER CAPITA PER DAYLOCAL PARTNERSLOWER PRICESMAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTSMARGINAL COSTSMARKET ACCESSMARKET CONCENTRATIONMATERIALMODE OF TRANSPORTMULTIMODAL TRANSPORTNATIONAL TRANSPORTNEIGHBORHOODSNETWORK INFRASTRUCTURENUMBER OF CONNECTIONSO&MOIL PIPELINEOIL PRICESOPERATIONAL EFFICIENCYPASSENGERSPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPETROLEUMPETROLEUM PRODUCTSPIPELINEPOPULATION DENSITIESPOPULATION DENSITYPOPULATION GROWTHPORT AUTHORITYPOWERPOWER AVAILABILITYPOWER CRISISPOWER GENERATIONPOWER PLANTSPOWER PRICESPOWER PRODUCTIONPOWER SECTORPOWER SHORTAGESPRICE OF DIESELPRICE OF FUELPRICE OF OILPRIVATE OPERATORSPRIVATE PARTICIPATIONPROFIT MARGINSPUBLIC FUNDINGPUBLIC PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTUREPUBLIC PROCUREMENTPUBLIC ROADSPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SECTOR ENTITIESQUALITY OF ENERGYQUALITY OF SERVICEQUALITY OF WATERQUERIESRAILRAIL CORRIDORRAIL INFRASTRUCTURERAIL TRANSPORTRAILWAYSRAW WATERREGIONAL PUBLIC GOODSRETAIL PRICESREVENUE COLLECTIONROADROAD INFRASTRUCTUREROAD MAINTENANCEROAD NETWORKROAD QUALITYROAD SECTORROAD TRAFFICROAD USERROAD USER CHARGESROADSROUTEROUTESRUNWAYSSAFE WATERSAFETYSANDSANITATIONSANITATION INFRASTRUCTURESANITATION SECTORSANITATION SERVICESSANITATION UTILITIESSEAT CAPACITYSERVICE QUALITYSEWERAGE NETWORKSOLID WASTESOLID WASTE COLLECTIONSOURCE OF ENERGYSURFACE TRANSPORTSURFACE WATERTAXTELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATIONTELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICESTELEPHONETHERMAL POWERTOWNTOWNSTRAFFICTRAFFIC LEVELSTRAFFIC VOLUMESTRANSITTRANSMISSION CAPACITYTRANSMISSION LINESTRANSPORTTRANSPORT CORRIDORSTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT FACILITATIONTRANSPORT INDICATORSTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT MARKETTRANSPORT PLANTRANSPORT POLICYTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION COSTSTRANSPORTSTRAVEL TIMESTRUCKSTURBINESURBAN AREASURBAN CENTERSVEHICLEVEHICLE MILEAGEVEHICLESVIP LATRINESVOLUME OF TRAFFICWALKINGWATER CONSUMPTIONWATER DISTRIBUTIONWATER RESOURCESWATER SHORTAGESWATER SUPPLYWATER SUPPLY SERVICESWATER USEWATER UTILITIESWELLSReportWorld Bank10.1596/27262