Uganda’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

Uganda has made substantial progress on its infrastructure agenda in recent years. The early and successful ICT reform detonated a huge expansion in mobile coverage and penetration resulting in a highly competitive market. Power sector restructurin...

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Main Authors:	Ranganathan, Rupa, Foster, Vivien
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY ACCESSIBILITY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS ACCIDENTS AIR AIR SAFETY AIR TRAFFIC AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AIR TRANSPORT AIR TRAVEL AIRCRAFT AIRPORT AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE ARTERIES AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFFS BANDWIDTH BORDER CROSSING BORDER CROSSINGS BOTTLENECKS CABLE CAPITAL COSTS CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAR CARRIERS CHILD MORTALITY COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES CONCESSION CONCESSION AGREEMENTS CONCESSIONS CONGESTION CONGESTION PROBLEMS CONNECTION POLICY CONNECTIVITY COST OF POWER COST OF TRANSPORT COST RECOVERY COSTS OF POWER CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS CUSTOMER SATISFACTION DIESEL FUEL DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER DISCOUNT RATE DISTRIBUTION ASSETS DISTRIBUTION LOSSES DOMESTIC TARIFFS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRICITY SUPPLY EXCISE TAX EXCISE TAXES FATALITIES FATALITY FATALITY RATE FINANCIAL BURDEN FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FLEETS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FREIGHT FREIGHT MARKET FREIGHT TRAFFIC FUEL GENERATION GENERATION ASSETS GENERATION CAPACITY GENERATION COSTS GENERATORS GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GROWTH RATES HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUMES HIGHWAY HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS HOUSEHOLDS ICT INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL AVIATION INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL INVESTMENT COST INVESTMENT COSTS INVESTMENT TARGETS JOURNEY LOCOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE COSTS MARGINAL COSTS MARKET ACCESS MARKET CONCENTRATION MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET PRICES MILEAGE MOBILITY MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT NATIONAL RAILWAY NATIONAL ROADS AUTHORITY NATIONAL TRANSPORT NETWORK OPERATORS NETWORK TRAFFIC O&M OPEN ACCESS OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PIPELINE POLLUTION POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE PORT CONGESTION PORTS POWER POWER COSTS POWER SECTOR POWER SECTOR REFORM PRICE OF DIESEL PRIVATE OPERATOR PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SECTOR RAIL RAIL CORRIDORS RAIL FREIGHT RAIL NETWORKS RAIL SERVICE RAIL TRANSPORTATION RAILWAY RAILWAY COMPANY RAILWAYS REGIONAL TRANSPORT RESULTS REVENUE COLLECTION ROAD ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD DEVELOPMENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD LINKS ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD NETWORK ROAD NETWORKS ROAD QUALITY ROAD SAFETY ROAD SECTOR ROAD TRAFFIC ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD USER ROAD USER CHARGES ROADS ROUTE ROUTES RURAL ROADS SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITATION SANITATION DEVELOPMENT SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SANITATION UTILITIES SERVICE LEVELS SERVICE PRICES SEWERAGE CORPORATION SEWERAGE SERVICES SMALL TOWNS SURFACE TRANSPORT SURFACE WATER TAX TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TOWN TOWN WATER TOWN WATER SUPPLY TOWNS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC FLOWS TRAFFIC VOLUME TRANSIT TRANSIT ROUTES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACTIVITY TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INDICATORS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT MARKET TRANSPORT MARKETS TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT QUALITY TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICE TRANSPORT SERVICE QUALITY TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION RATES TRAVEL TIME TRUCKING COMPANIES TRUCKS URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN ROAD URBAN ROADS URBAN WATER UTILITY SERVICES VEHICLES WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER RESOURCES WATER RIGHTS WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY UTILITY WATER SYSTEMS WATER TARIFFS WATER UTILITIES WEALTH WEB WELLS
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Summary:	Uganda has made substantial progress on its infrastructure agenda in recent years. The early and successful ICT reform detonated a huge expansion in mobile coverage and penetration resulting in a highly competitive market. Power sector restructuring has paved the way for a rapid doubling of power generation capacity. Uganda is doing well on the water and sanitation MDGs, and has made effective use of performance contracting to improve utility performance. However, a number of important challenges remain. Despite reforms, the power sector continues to hemorrhage resources due to under-pricing and high distribution losses, while electrification rates are still very low. Providing adequate resources for road maintenance remains a challenge, and further investment is needed to increase rural connectivity and improve road safety. Addressing Uganda's infrastructure challenges will require sustained expenditure of around $1.4 billion per year over the next decade, strongly skewed towards capital expenditure. Uganda already spends approximately $1 billion per year on infrastructure, equivalent to about 11 percent of GDP. A further $0.3 billion a year is lost to inefficiencies, the bulk of which are associated with underpricing and distribution losses in the power sector. Uganda's annual infrastructure funding gap is about $0.4 billion per year, most of which is associated with irrigation as well as water and sanitation infrastructure.

Uganda’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

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