Dominguez-Torres, CarolinaFoster, Vivien2012-03-192012-03-192011-06-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3461Between 2000 and 2005, infrastructure contributed less than 1 percentage point to the Central African Republic's annual per capita GDP growth, despite substantial spending 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. The CAR has made significant progress in the transport, water, power, and information and communications technology (ICT) sectors. But the high cost of fuel, which raises transportation and energy costs, has been a vexing issue across all infrastructure sectors. The CAR's most pressing infrastructural challenge lies in the transport sector, which relies heavily on neighboring countries and could benefit from improved road conditions and enhanced performance at the port of Douala in Cameroon. In the power sector, the country suffers from a deteriorating infrastructure stock that it can no longer afford to maintain, and an inefficient and unreliable power supply. Additional challenges include a need for improved infrastructure in the water and sanitation and ICT sectors. Addressing the CAR's infrastructure challenges will require sustained expenditure of $346 million per year over the next decade. The nation already spends around $134 million per year on infrastructure, with $37 million a year lost to inefficiencies of various kinds. If those inefficiencies were fully eliminated, the country's annual infrastructure funding gap would be $183 million per year. Improvements in funding, coupled with the prospect of an economic rebound and prudent policies, could lift the country from its fragile state back to and beyond the prosperity standards it once enjoyed.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESS TO SAFE WATERACCESS TO WATER SUPPLYACCESSIBILITYADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITYAIRAIR FARESAIR FLEETAIR TRANSPORTAIRCRAFTAIRPORTSARTERYAVAILABILITYBALANCEBANDWIDTHBERTH PRODUCTIVITYBILL COLLECTIONBORDER TRADECABLECAPACITY FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATIONCAPITAL COSTSCAPITAL EXPENDITURECAPITAL INVESTMENTCARCAR ACCESSCAR FUELCARGOCARRIERSCLEAN WATERCOMPETITIVE MARKETSCONNECTION CHARGECONNECTION COSTSCONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITYCONTAINER TERMINALCOST OF TRANSPORTCOST RECOVERYCUBIC METERCUBIC METER OF WATERCUBIC METERSDIESELDIGITAL SUBSCRIBERDISTRIBUTION LOSSESDISTRIBUTION NETWORKDRAINAGEDRINKING WATERECONOMIC CRISISECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PERFORMANCEELECTRICITYELECTRICITY CONSUMPTIONELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTUREELECTRICITY REGULATORELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRIFICATIONENERGY COSTSENERGY RESOURCESEXCESS CAPACITYEXCESS SUPPLYFINANCIAL PERFORMANCEFLEETSFREIGHTFUELFUEL OILFUEL PRICESGASOLINEGASOLINE PRICESGENERATIONGENERATION ASSETSGENERATION CAPACITYGENERATION COSTSGENERATORSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHOUSEHOLDSHYDROPOWERHYDROPOWER PLANTINEFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCESINFRASTRUCTURE ASSETSINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINFRASTRUCTURE FUNDINGINFRASTRUCTURE SERVICESINFRASTRUCTURE SPENDINGINLAND TRANSPORTINTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORTINTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATIONINTERNATIONAL AIRPORTINTERNATIONAL AVIATIONINTERNATIONAL FLIGHTSINTERNATIONAL TRAVELINVESTMENT COSTSINVESTMENT PROGRAMINVESTMENT TARGETSKILOWATT-HOURLIMITED INFRASTRUCTURELITERS PER CAPITA PER DAYLOCAL PARTNERSLOWER PRICESMAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTSMARGINAL COSTSMARKET ACCESSMARKET CONCENTRATIONMODE OF TRANSPORTMULTIMODAL TRANSPORTNATIONAL TRANSPORTNEIGHBORHOODSNUMBER OF CONNECTIONSO&MOIL PIPELINEOIL PRICESOPEN ACCESSOPERATIONAL EFFICIENCYPASSENGERSPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPETROLEUMPETROLEUM PRODUCTSPIPELINEPOPULATION DENSITIESPOPULATION DENSITYPOPULATION GROWTHPORT AUTHORITYPOWERPOWER AVAILABILITYPOWER CRISISPOWER DEMANDPOWER GENERATIONPOWER PLANTSPOWER PRICESPOWER PRODUCTIONPOWER SECTORPOWER SHORTAGESPRICE OF DIESELPRICE OF FUELPRICE OF OILPRIVATE OPERATORSPRIVATE PARTICIPATIONPROFIT MARGINSPUBLIC FUNDINGPUBLIC PROCUREMENTPUBLIC ROADSPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SECTOR ENTITIESQUALITY OF ENERGYQUALITY OF SERVICEQUALITY OF WATERRAILRAIL CORRIDORRAIL INFRASTRUCTURERAIL TRANSPORTRAILWAYSRAW WATERREGIONAL PUBLIC GOODSRETAIL PRICESREVENUE COLLECTIONROADROAD CONDITIONSROAD 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 SERVICESTHERMAL POWERTOWNTOWNSTRAFFICTRAFFIC LEVELSTRAFFIC VOLUMESTRANSITTRANSMISSION CAPACITYTRANSMISSION LINESTRANSPORTTRANSPORT CORRIDORSTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT FACILITATIONTRANSPORT INDICATORSTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURESTRANSPORT MARKETTRANSPORT PLANTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION COSTSTRANSPORTSTRAVEL TIMESTRUCKSTURBINESURBAN AREASURBAN CENTERSVEHICLEVEHICLE MILEAGEVEHICLESVIP LATRINESVOLUME OF TRAFFICWALKINGWATER CONSUMPTIONWATER DISTRIBUTIONWATER RESOURCESWATER SHORTAGESWATER SUPPLYWATER SUPPLY SERVICESWATER USEWATER UTILITIESWELLSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5697