Benitez, Daniel AlbertoFoster, Vivien2012-03-192012-03-192011-03-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3367The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) faces possibly the most daunting infrastructure challenge on the African continent. Conflict has seriously damaged most infrastructure networks. Vast geography, low population density, extensive forestlands, and criss-crossing rivers complicate the development of new networks. Progress has been made since the return of peace in 2003. A privately funded GSM network now provides mobile telephone signals to two-thirds of the population. External funding has been secured to rebuild the country's road network, and domestic air traffic has grown. Modest investments could harness inland waterways for low-cost transport. Much more substantial investments in hydropower would enable the DRC to meet its own energy demands cheaply while exporting vast quantities of power. One of the country's most immediate infrastructure challenges is to reform the national power utility and increase power generation and delivery. Capacity must increase by 35 percent over the period 2006-15 to meet domestic demand. The dilapidated condition of both road and rail infrastructure presents another challenge. To meet the target defined in the report, investment in the country's infrastructure must increase from $700 million to $5.3 billion per year over the next decade, a staggering 75 percent of 2006 GDP. New infrastructure technologies, the elimination of inefficiencies, and cross-border finance (for hydropower development) could cut the annual funding gap in half. Recently, the country secured $4 billion in external finance commitments for infrastructure, enabling increases in budget allocations for public investment.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESSIBILITYAIRAIR ROUTESAIR SERVICESAIR TRAFFICAIR TRANSPORTAIR TRANSPORT SECTORAIRCRAFTAIRLINE COMPANIESAIRPORTSAMOUNT OF POWERAPPROACHAVAILABILITYBANDWIDTHBOTTLENECKSBRIDGEBUDGET EXECUTIONCABLECAPITAL EXPENDITURECAPITAL SUBSIDIESCAPITALSCARGOCARSCONCESSIONCONTAINER PORTCONTAINER TERMINALCONTAINER TERMINAL OPERATIONSCOST OF POWERCOST OF POWER PRODUCTIONCOST RECOVERYCOSTS OF POWERCROSSINGDEFICITSDIESELDIGITAL SUBSCRIBERDIRECT CALLSDISTRIBUTION LOSSESDOMESTIC AIR TRANSPORTDOMESTIC FLIGHTSECONOMIC CONDITIONSECONOMIC FACTORSECONOMIC GROWTHELECTRICITYELECTRIFICATIONEMPLOYMENTEXTENSIVE REHABILITATIONEXTERNAL FINANCINGFINANCIAL DATAFINANCIAL PERFORMANCEFREIGHTGENERATIONGENERATION CAPACITYGENERATION OF ELECTRICITYGENERATORSGOVERNMENT SPENDINGGRID ELECTRICITYGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH RATESHYDRO PLANTHYDROPOWERHYDROPOWER GENERATIONINFRASTRUCTURE ASSETSINFRASTRUCTURE FUNDINGINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTSINFRASTRUCTURE POLICYINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTSINFRASTRUCTURE SERVICESINFRASTRUCTURE SPENDINGINFRASTRUCTURESINLAND WATERWAYSINTERNATIONAL SHIPPINGINTERNATIONAL SHIPPING LINESINVESTMENT PROGRAMINVESTMENT TARGETSINVESTMENTS IN POWERKILOWATT-HOURLANDLORD MODELLOCOMOTIVELOWER PRICESLOWER TARIFFSMAINTENANCE COSTSMAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTUREMARGINAL COSTSMOBILITYNET REVENUESO&MOPEN ACCESSOPERATING COSTSOPERATING EXPENSESPASSENGER TRAVELPOPULATION DENSITYPORT SERVICESPOWERPOWER CONSUMPTIONPOWER GENERATIONPOWER GENERATION CAPACITYPOWER PLANTPOWER SECTORPOWER SYSTEMSPOWER TRADEPRICE OF POWERPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITYPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONPRODUCTIVITYPROFIT MARGINPUBLICPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC INFRASTRUCTUREPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTUREPUBLIC INVESTMENTSPUBLIC PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTUREPUBLIC SECTORRAILRAIL INFRASTRUCTURERAIL LINKRAIL NETWORKRAIL NETWORKSRAIL OPERATORRAIL SERVICERAIL SYSTEMSRAIL TRAFFICRAILWAYRAILWAYSREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREVENUE COLLECTIONROADROAD DEVELOPMENTROAD HAULAGEROAD INFRASTRUCTUREROAD INVESTMENTROAD MAINTENANCEROAD NETWORKROAD QUALITYROAD TRAFFICROAD TRANSPORTROADSROLLING STOCKROUTESANITATIONSANITATION UTILITIESSAVINGSSPEED LIMITSSURFACE FREIGHTSURFACE TRANSPORTTARIFF LEVELSTAXTAX REVENUESTELECOMMUNICATIONSTELEPHONE CALLSTELEPHONE NETWORKSTRAFFIC DENSITYTRAFFIC LEVELSTRAFFIC VOLUMESTRANSITTRANSMISSION CAPACITYTRANSMISSION LINETRANSPORTTRANSPORT CAPACITYTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT INDUSTRYTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT INVESTMENTSTRANSPORT MODETRANSPORT NETWORKTRANSPORT POLICYTRANSPORT QUALITYTRANSPORT SAFETYTRANSPORT SERVICESTRANSPORT SYSTEMTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION SYSTEMTRIPSTROPICAL FORESTTRUEURBAN INFRASTRUCTUREURBAN ROADURBAN TRANSPORTUTILITIESUTILITY BILLUTILITY BILLSVOLTAGEWATER CONSUMPTIONWATER SERVICESWATER SUPPLYWATER TARIFFSWATER UTILITIESWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5602