World Bank2017-08-142017-08-142010-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27760Infrastructure contributed just over one percentage point to Ghana's improved per capita growth performance during the 2000s, though unreliable power supplies held growth back by 0.5 percentage points. Raising the country's infrastructure endowment to that of the region's middle-income countries could boost annual growth by more than 2.7 percentage points. Today, Ghana has a very advanced infrastructure platform when compared with other low-income countries in Africa. But as the country approaches the middle-income threshold, it will need to focus on upgrading its infrastructure indicators in line with this benchmark. The Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD) has gathered and analyzed extensive data on infrastructure in more than 40 Sub-Saharan countries, including Ghana. The results have been presented in reports covering different areas of infrastructure, including 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 Ghana and allows the country's infrastructure situation to be benchmarked against its African peers. Given that Ghana is a relatively well-off low-income country well on its way to reaching middle-income status, two sets of African benchmarks will be used to evaluate Ghana's situation. Detailed comparisons will also be made with immediate regional neighbors in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). As on the rest of the continent, West Africa's growth performance improved markedly in the 2000s. The overall improvement in per capita growth rates has been estimated at around 2 percent, of which 1.1 percent is attributable to better structural policies and 0.9 percent to improved infrastructure. During the five years from 2003 to 2007, Ghana's economy grew at an average annual rate of 5.6 percent, which accelerated to 7.3 percent in 2009. Ghana's infrastructure improvements added just over one percentage point to the per capita growth rate for the period 2003 to 2007.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESSIBILITYADVANCED INFRASTRUCTUREAIRAIR SAFETYAIR TRANSPORTAIRCRAFTAIRPORTSAPPROACHAVAILABILITYBALANCEBANDWIDTHBASINSBOREHOLESBOTTLENECKSBRIDGEBULK SUPPLYCABLECAPITAL COSTSCAPITAL EXPENDITURECAPITAL INVESTMENTCARGOCARGO HANDLINGCARGO HANDLING CHARGECARRIERSCARSCASH FLOWCATCHMENTCLIMATE CHANGECOLLECTION SYSTEMSCOMPETITIVE MARKETSCONCESSIONCONCESSION AGREEMENTSCONCESSION ARRANGEMENTSCONCESSION CONTRACTCONCESSIONSCONGESTIONCONTAINER HANDLINGCONTAINER HANDLING CHARGESCONTAINER TERMINALCONTAINER TERMINAL CONCESSIONCOST OF GASCOST OF POWERCOST RECOVERYCOSTS OF POWERCOVERINGCUBIC METERCUBIC METERSDAMSDEMAND FOR POWERDISTRIBUTION ASSETSDISTRIBUTION LOSSESDISTRIBUTION NETWORKDOMESTIC WATER CONSUMPTIONDRINKING WATERECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC VIABILITYELECTRICITYELECTRICITY TARIFFSELECTRIFICATIONFINANCIAL BURDENFLEETSFLOODSFLUSH TOILETSFREIGHTFUELGASGAS SUPPLYGAS TURBINEGENERATIONGENERATION CAPACITYGENERATION OF ELECTRICITYGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROUNDWATERGROWTH RATESHOUSEHOLD BUDGETSHYDROPOWERINFRASTRUCTURE ASSETSINFRASTRUCTURE COSTSINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINFRASTRUCTURE FUNDINGINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINFRASTRUCTURE SERVICESINFRASTRUCTURE SPENDINGINTERNATIONAL GATEWAYSINTERNATIONAL SHIPPINGINTERNATIONAL SHIPPING LINESINTERNATIONAL TRAVELINVESTMENT CLIMATEINVESTMENT TARGETSIRRIGATIONKILOWATT-HOURKILOWATT-HOURSLANDLORD MODELLOCOMOTIVELOW TARIFFSMARKET PRICESMINERAL RESOURCESNATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURENATURAL RESOURCESO&MOILOIL PRICESOIL PRODUCTIONOPERATIONAL DEFICIENCIESOPERATIONAL PERFORMANCEOPERATORSPIPED WATERPIPELINEPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR QUALITY OF WATERPOPULATION CENTERSPOPULATION DENSITYPORT OPERATIONSPOWERPOWER CONSUMPTIONPOWER COSTSPOWER DEMANDPOWER GENERATIONPOWER GENERATION CAPACITYPOWER GRIDPOWER SECTORPOWER SHORTAGESPOWER SYSTEMPRESENT VALUEPRICE DIFFERENTIALPRICE OF OILPRIVATE OPERATORPRIVATE PARTICIPATIONPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONPROVISION OF WATERPUBLIC FUNDINGPUBLIC INFRASTRUCTUREPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTUREPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SERVICESQUALITY OF SERVICERAILRAIL COSTSRAIL INFRASTRUCTURERAIL NETWORKRAIL OPERATORRAIL SERVICERAIL TRAFFICRAILWAYRAILWAYSRAINFALLRELIABILITY OF SUPPLYREVENUE COLLECTIONROADROAD MAINTENANCEROAD NETWORKROAD NETWORKSROAD QUALITYROAD SECTORROAD TRAFFICROAD TRANSPORTROADSROLLING STOCKROUTEROUTESRUNOFFRURAL ROADSRURAL WATERSANITATIONSANITATION FACILITYSANITATION SECTORSANITATION UTILITIESSERVICE QUALITYSHIPPING LINESSLUMSSPEEDSSTORAGE CAPACITYSURFACE TRANSPORTSURFACE WATERTAPSTELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICESTELEPHONE NETWORKSTELEPHONE SERVICETHERMAL PLANTTHERMAL POWERTOLLTRAFFICTRAFFIC DENSITYTRAFFIC LEVELSTRAFFIC VOLUMESTRANSITTRANSMISSION LINESTRANSPORTTRANSPORT INDICATORSTRANSPORT INDUSTRYTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT MARKETTRANSPORT POLICYTRANSPORT QUALITYTRANSPORTATIONTRUCK PROCESSINGURBAN AREASURBAN ROADURBAN ROADSURBAN TRANSPORTURBAN WATERURBAN WATER SUPPLYUTILITY BILLSUTILITY EFFICIENCYUTILITY SERVICESVEHICLESVOICE TELEPHONYWATER COLLECTIONWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMSWATER COMPANYWATER CONNECTIONSWATER CONSUMPTIONWATER INVESTMENTSWATER POLICYWATER QUALITYWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCESWATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENTWATER SECTORWATER SERVICEWATER SERVICESWATER SOURCEWATER STANDPOSTSWATER STORAGEWATER SUPPLYWATER TARIFFSWATER UTILITIESWATERSWEALTHReportWorld Bank10.1596/27760