Ethiopia’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

Ethiopia’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

Infrastructure contributed 0.6 percentage points to Ethiopia's annual per capita GDP growth over the last decade. Raising the country's infrastructure endowment to that of the region's middle-income countries could add an additional...

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Main Authors:	Foster, Vivien, Morella, Elvira
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY AIR AIR TRAFFIC AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AIR TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT BANDWIDTH BORDER CROSSINGS BOTTLENECKS BUDGET EXECUTION CABLE CAPITAL COSTS CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITALS CARGO CARRIERS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONCESSION CONCESSIONS CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION OF WATER CONTAINER TERMINAL COST OF POWER COST RECOVERY COSTS OF POWER COSTS OF ROADS COUNTRY COMPARISONS CROSS SUBSIDIES CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS DEFICITS DISTRIBUTION LOSSES DOMESTIC AIR TRANSPORT ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY TARIFFS FINANCIAL BURDEN FINANCIAL DATA FUEL GENERATION GENERATION CAPACITY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATES HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLDS HYGIENE EDUCATION HYGIENE EDUCATION PROGRAM INCOME DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL GATEWAYS INVESTMENT PROGRAM INVESTMENT TARGETS LEVIES LOW TARIFFS MAINTENANCE COSTS MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE MARGINAL COST O&M OPEN ACCESS OPERATING EFFICIENCY OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE POPULATION DENSITY PORTS POWER POWER NETWORK POWER SECTOR POWER SYSTEMS PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MARGIN PROVISION OF WATER PUBLIC PUBLIC COMPANY PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING RAIL RAIL CORRIDOR RAIL CORRIDORS RAILWAY RAILWAYS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REVENUE COLLECTION ROAD ROAD INVESTMENT ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD NETWORK ROAD NETWORKS ROAD SECTOR ROAD TRAFFIC ROADS RURAL WATER SAFETY SANITATION SAVINGS SERVICE EXPANSION SERVICE PROVIDERS STORAGE CAPACITY SURFACE TRANSPORT SURFACE WATER TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE CALLS TELEPHONE SERVICES TERMINAL OPERATOR TRAFFIC LEVELS TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE TRAFFIC VOLUME TRANSIT TRANSMISSION CAPACITY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT INDUSTRY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT QUALITY TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION URBAN CENTER URBAN ROAD URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY USER CHARGES UTILITY SERVICES WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER POLICY WATER PROJECTS WATER RESOURCES WATER SECTOR WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLY WATER TARIFFS WATER UTILITIES WELLS
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Summary:	Infrastructure contributed 0.6 percentage points to Ethiopia's annual per capita GDP growth over the last decade. Raising the country's infrastructure endowment to that of the region's middle-income countries could add an additional 3 percentage points to infrastructure's contribution to growth. Ethiopia's infrastructure successes include developing Ethiopia Airlines, a leading regional carrier; upgrading its network of trunk roads; and rapidly expanding access to water and sanitation.The country's greatest infrastructure challenge lies in the power sector, where a further 8,700 megawatts of generating plant are needed over the next decade, implying a doubling of current capacity. The transport sector faces the challenges of low levels of rural accessibility and inadequate road maintenance. Ethiopia s ICT sector currently suffers from a poor institutional and regulatory framework. Addressing Ethiopia's infrastructure deficit will require a sustained annual expenditure of $5.1 billion over the next decade. The power sector alone requires $3.3 billion annually, with $1 billion needed to facilitate regional power trading. That level of spending represents 40 percent of the country's GDP and a tripling of the $1.3 billion spent annually in the mid-2000s. As of 2006, there was an annual funding gap of $3.5 billion. Improving road maintenance, removing inefficiencies in power (notably underpricing), and privatizing ICT services could shrink the gap. But Ethiopia needs a significant increase in its already proportionally high infrastructure funding and careful handling of public and private investments if it is to reach its infrastructure targets within a reasonable time.

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