Zambia’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

Infrastructure improvements contributed 0.6 percentage points to Zambia's annual per capital GDP growth over the past decade, mostly because of exponential growth in information and communication services. The power sector, by contrast, pulled...

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Main Authors: Foster, Vivien, Dominguez, Carolina
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AIR
O&M
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110317140326
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topic ABUSE OF MONOPOLY POWER
ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
ACCESS TO SAFE WATER
ACCESSIBILITY
ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY
AIR
AIR TRAFFIC
AIR TRANSPORT
AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR
AIRCRAFT
AIRWAYS
ALLOCATING WATER RIGHTS
AMOUNT OF POWER
APPROACH
ARTERIES
AVAILABILITY
BALANCE
BANDWIDTH
BORDER CROSSINGS
BOTTLENECKS
BRIDGE
BRIDGE BORDER CROSSING
CABLE
CAPITAL BUDGETS
CAPITAL COSTS
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
CAPITALS
CASH FLOW
CONCESSION
CONCESSION CONTRACT
CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY
COST OF ELECTRICITY
COST OF ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
COST OF SERVICE
COST RECOVERY
COST SAVINGS
COSTS OF DELAYS
COSTS OF POWER
COUNTRY COMPARISONS
DEFICITS
DISTRIBUTION LOSSES
DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
DOMESTIC AIR TRANSPORT
ECONOMIC COSTS
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
ELECTRICITY TARIFFS
ELECTRIFICATION
ENERGY RESOURCES
EXORBITANT TARIFFS
FINANCIAL BURDEN
FINANCIAL DATA
FINANCIAL VIABILITY
GENERATION
GENERATION CAPACITY
GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH RATES
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLDS
HYDROPOWER
HYDROPOWER GENERATION
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING
INTERCONNECTION SERVICES
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
INVESTMENT TARGETS
JOINT VENTURE
JOURNEY
KILOWATT-HOUR
LOCOMOTIVE
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL COSTS
MONOPOLY PROFITS
NATIONAL UTILITY
NATURAL RESOURCES
O&M
OPEN ACCESS
OPERATING EXPENDITURES
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE DATA
POPULATION CENTERS
POPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS
PORTS
POWER
POWER CONSUMPTION
POWER INVESTMENTS
POWER PRODUCTION
POWER SECTOR
POWER SHORTAGES
POWER TRADE
PRIVATE PARTICIPATION
PRIVATIZATION
PRIVATIZATION PROCESS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROVISION OF WATER
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC SECTOR
QUALITY OF SERVICE
RAIL
RAIL FREIGHT
RAIL NETWORK
RAIL OPERATOR
RAIL OPERATORS
RAIL SECTOR
RAIL SYSTEM
RAIL TRANSIT
RAIL TRANSPORT
RAIL TRANSPORTATION
RAILWAY
RAILWAYS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REVENUE COLLECTION
ROAD
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD NETWORKS
ROAD SECTOR
ROAD TRAFFIC
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROADS
ROUTE
ROUTES
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
SANITATION
SANITATION SOLUTIONS
SANITATION UTILITIES
SERVICE EXPANSION
SERVICE PROVISION
SPEEDS
STORAGE CAPACITY
SUPPLY COSTS
SURFACE WATER
TARIFF REGULATION
TRADE FLOWS
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC DENSITY
TRAFFIC FLOWS
TRAFFIC LEVELS
TRAFFIC PLANNING
TRAFFIC VOLUMES
TRANSIT
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORT INDUSTRY
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT MARKETS
TRANSPORT POLICY
TRANSPORT QUALITY
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORTATION
TRAVEL TIME
URBAN ROAD
URBAN TRANSPORT
URBAN WATER
URBAN WATER SUPPLY
URBANIZATION
UTILITY BILL
UTILITY BILLS
UTILITY REVENUES
UTILITY SERVICES
VEHICLES
WATER CONSUMPTION
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCES
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
WATER SCARCITY
WATER SECTOR
WATER SERVICES
WATER SOURCE
WATER STORAGE
WATER SUPPLY
WATER TARIFFS
WATER UTILITIES
WEALTH
WELLS
spellingShingle ABUSE OF MONOPOLY POWER
ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
ACCESS TO SAFE WATER
ACCESSIBILITY
ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY
AIR
AIR TRAFFIC
AIR TRANSPORT
AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR
AIRCRAFT
AIRWAYS
ALLOCATING WATER RIGHTS
AMOUNT OF POWER
APPROACH
ARTERIES
AVAILABILITY
BALANCE
BANDWIDTH
BORDER CROSSINGS
BOTTLENECKS
BRIDGE
BRIDGE BORDER CROSSING
CABLE
CAPITAL BUDGETS
CAPITAL COSTS
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
CAPITALS
CASH FLOW
CONCESSION
CONCESSION CONTRACT
CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY
COST OF ELECTRICITY
COST OF ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
COST OF SERVICE
COST RECOVERY
COST SAVINGS
COSTS OF DELAYS
COSTS OF POWER
COUNTRY COMPARISONS
DEFICITS
DISTRIBUTION LOSSES
DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
DOMESTIC AIR TRANSPORT
ECONOMIC COSTS
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
ELECTRICITY TARIFFS
ELECTRIFICATION
ENERGY RESOURCES
EXORBITANT TARIFFS
FINANCIAL BURDEN
FINANCIAL DATA
FINANCIAL VIABILITY
GENERATION
GENERATION CAPACITY
GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH RATES
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLDS
HYDROPOWER
HYDROPOWER GENERATION
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING
INTERCONNECTION SERVICES
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
INVESTMENT TARGETS
JOINT VENTURE
JOURNEY
KILOWATT-HOUR
LOCOMOTIVE
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL COSTS
MONOPOLY PROFITS
NATIONAL UTILITY
NATURAL RESOURCES
O&M
OPEN ACCESS
OPERATING EXPENDITURES
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE DATA
POPULATION CENTERS
POPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS
PORTS
POWER
POWER CONSUMPTION
POWER INVESTMENTS
POWER PRODUCTION
POWER SECTOR
POWER SHORTAGES
POWER TRADE
PRIVATE PARTICIPATION
PRIVATIZATION
PRIVATIZATION PROCESS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROVISION OF WATER
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC SECTOR
QUALITY OF SERVICE
RAIL
RAIL FREIGHT
RAIL NETWORK
RAIL OPERATOR
RAIL OPERATORS
RAIL SECTOR
RAIL SYSTEM
RAIL TRANSIT
RAIL TRANSPORT
RAIL TRANSPORTATION
RAILWAY
RAILWAYS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REVENUE COLLECTION
ROAD
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD NETWORKS
ROAD SECTOR
ROAD TRAFFIC
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROADS
ROUTE
ROUTES
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
SANITATION
SANITATION SOLUTIONS
SANITATION UTILITIES
SERVICE EXPANSION
SERVICE PROVISION
SPEEDS
STORAGE CAPACITY
SUPPLY COSTS
SURFACE WATER
TARIFF REGULATION
TRADE FLOWS
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC DENSITY
TRAFFIC FLOWS
TRAFFIC LEVELS
TRAFFIC PLANNING
TRAFFIC VOLUMES
TRANSIT
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORT INDUSTRY
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT MARKETS
TRANSPORT POLICY
TRANSPORT QUALITY
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORTATION
TRAVEL TIME
URBAN ROAD
URBAN TRANSPORT
URBAN WATER
URBAN WATER SUPPLY
URBANIZATION
UTILITY BILL
UTILITY BILLS
UTILITY REVENUES
UTILITY SERVICES
VEHICLES
WATER CONSUMPTION
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCES
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
WATER SCARCITY
WATER SECTOR
WATER SERVICES
WATER SOURCE
WATER STORAGE
WATER SUPPLY
WATER TARIFFS
WATER UTILITIES
WEALTH
WELLS
Foster, Vivien
Dominguez, Carolina
Zambia’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
geographic_facet Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Southern Africa
Zambia
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5599
description Infrastructure improvements contributed 0.6 percentage points to Zambia's annual per capital GDP growth over the past decade, mostly because of exponential growth in information and communication services. The power sector, by contrast, pulled the growth rate down by more than 0.1 percentage points. Improving Zambia's infrastructure endowment could boost growth by up to 2 percentage points per year. Zambia's relatively high generation capacity and power consumption are accompanied by fewer power outages than elsewhere in the region. But Zambia's power sector emphasizes the mining industry, while household electrification is about half that in other resource-rich countries. Zambia's power tariffs, among the lowest in Africa, are less than half the level needed to accelerate electrification and keep pace with mining sector demands. In power as in just about every other aspect of infrastructure, rural Zambians lag well behind their African peers. In a country where 70 percent of the population depends on agriculture for its livelihood, this represents a huge drag on the economy. Zambia would need to spend an average of $1.6 billion a year over the decade 2006-15 to develop the infrastructure found in the rest of the developing world. This is equivalent to 20 percent of Zambia's GDP and about double the country's rate of investment in recent years. Closing the country's annual infrastructure funding gap of $500 million requires raising more funds, looking for more cost-effective ways to meet infrastructure targets, and eliminating the inefficiencies that cause the loss of $300 million annually.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Foster, Vivien
Dominguez, Carolina
author_facet Foster, Vivien
Dominguez, Carolina
author_sort Foster, Vivien
title Zambia’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
title_short Zambia’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
title_full Zambia’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
title_fullStr Zambia’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Zambia’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
title_sort zambia’s infrastructure : a continental perspective
publishDate 2012
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3365
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spelling okr-10986-33652021-04-23T14:02:09Z Zambia’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective Foster, Vivien Dominguez, Carolina ABUSE OF MONOPOLY POWER ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO SAFE WATER ACCESSIBILITY ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY AIR AIR TRAFFIC AIR TRANSPORT AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR AIRCRAFT AIRWAYS ALLOCATING WATER RIGHTS AMOUNT OF POWER APPROACH ARTERIES AVAILABILITY BALANCE BANDWIDTH BORDER CROSSINGS BOTTLENECKS BRIDGE BRIDGE BORDER CROSSING CABLE CAPITAL BUDGETS CAPITAL COSTS CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITALS CASH FLOW CONCESSION CONCESSION CONTRACT CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY COST OF ELECTRICITY COST OF ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION COST OF SERVICE COST RECOVERY COST SAVINGS COSTS OF DELAYS COSTS OF POWER COUNTRY COMPARISONS DEFICITS DISTRIBUTION LOSSES DISTRIBUTION NETWORK DOMESTIC AIR TRANSPORT ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRICITY TARIFFS ELECTRIFICATION ENERGY RESOURCES EXORBITANT TARIFFS FINANCIAL BURDEN FINANCIAL DATA FINANCIAL VIABILITY GENERATION GENERATION CAPACITY GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATES HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLDS HYDROPOWER HYDROPOWER GENERATION INCOME DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING INTERCONNECTION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT TARGETS JOINT VENTURE JOURNEY KILOWATT-HOUR LOCOMOTIVE MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COSTS MONOPOLY PROFITS NATIONAL UTILITY NATURAL RESOURCES O&M OPEN ACCESS OPERATING EXPENDITURES OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE DATA POPULATION CENTERS POPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS PORTS POWER POWER CONSUMPTION POWER INVESTMENTS POWER PRODUCTION POWER SECTOR POWER SHORTAGES POWER TRADE PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PRIVATIZATION PRIVATIZATION PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY PROVISION OF WATER PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY OF SERVICE RAIL RAIL FREIGHT RAIL NETWORK RAIL OPERATOR RAIL OPERATORS RAIL SECTOR RAIL SYSTEM RAIL TRANSIT RAIL TRANSPORT RAIL TRANSPORTATION RAILWAY RAILWAYS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REVENUE COLLECTION ROAD ROAD NETWORK ROAD NETWORKS ROAD SECTOR ROAD TRAFFIC ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTE ROUTES RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SANITATION SANITATION SOLUTIONS SANITATION UTILITIES SERVICE EXPANSION SERVICE PROVISION SPEEDS STORAGE CAPACITY SUPPLY COSTS SURFACE WATER TARIFF REGULATION TRADE FLOWS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC DENSITY TRAFFIC FLOWS TRAFFIC LEVELS TRAFFIC PLANNING TRAFFIC VOLUMES TRANSIT TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT INDUSTRY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT MARKETS TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT QUALITY TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL TIME URBAN ROAD URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY URBANIZATION UTILITY BILL UTILITY BILLS UTILITY REVENUES UTILITY SERVICES VEHICLES WATER CONSUMPTION WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SOURCE WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLY WATER TARIFFS WATER UTILITIES WEALTH WELLS Infrastructure improvements contributed 0.6 percentage points to Zambia's annual per capital GDP growth over the past decade, mostly because of exponential growth in information and communication services. The power sector, by contrast, pulled the growth rate down by more than 0.1 percentage points. Improving Zambia's infrastructure endowment could boost growth by up to 2 percentage points per year. Zambia's relatively high generation capacity and power consumption are accompanied by fewer power outages than elsewhere in the region. But Zambia's power sector emphasizes the mining industry, while household electrification is about half that in other resource-rich countries. Zambia's power tariffs, among the lowest in Africa, are less than half the level needed to accelerate electrification and keep pace with mining sector demands. In power as in just about every other aspect of infrastructure, rural Zambians lag well behind their African peers. In a country where 70 percent of the population depends on agriculture for its livelihood, this represents a huge drag on the economy. Zambia would need to spend an average of $1.6 billion a year over the decade 2006-15 to develop the infrastructure found in the rest of the developing world. This is equivalent to 20 percent of Zambia's GDP and about double the country's rate of investment in recent years. Closing the country's annual infrastructure funding gap of $500 million requires raising more funds, looking for more cost-effective ways to meet infrastructure targets, and eliminating the inefficiencies that cause the loss of $300 million annually. 2012-03-19T18:01:06Z 2012-03-19T18:01:06Z 2011-03-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110317140326 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3365 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5599 3334 3235 3325 3458 3120 3448 3525 3236 3234 3322 3238 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Southern Africa Zambia