International Benchmarking of Infrastructure Performance in the Southern African Customs Union Countries

The paper provides a first, systematic benchmarking of infrastructure performance in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) countries (South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland) in four major sectors-electricity, water and sanitation, information and communication technology, and tr...

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Main Authors:	Bogetić, Željko, Fedderke, Johannes W.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS ROAD APPROACH AVAILABILITY BALANCE BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING EXERCISES BENCHMARKS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL STOCK CELLULAR RATES COAL COMPARATIVE ANALYSES DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISTRIBUTION LOSSES DISTRIBUTION NETWORK DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SERVICES ENERGY SECTOR FIXED COSTS FORECASTS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME GROUPS INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING INVESTMENT PROGRAM INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS KEY INFRASTRUCTURE LOCAL CALL MAJOR UTILITIES MIDDLE EAST MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NATIONAL INCOME NORTH AFRICA PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POWER GENERATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITY PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC SECTOR RAILWAYS REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS ROAD ROAD QUALITY ROADS SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE SERVICES TOLL TOLL ROAD TOLL ROADS TOTAL OUTPUT TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSIT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES TRUE UTILITIES WATER SERVICES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/08/6969719/international-benchmarking-infrastructure-performance-southern-african-customs-union-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8366

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spelling	okr-10986-83662021-04-23T14:02:41Z International Benchmarking of Infrastructure Performance in the Southern African Customs Union Countries Bogetić, Željko Fedderke, Johannes W. ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS ROAD APPROACH AVAILABILITY BALANCE BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING EXERCISES BENCHMARKS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL STOCK CELLULAR RATES COAL COMPARATIVE ANALYSES DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISTRIBUTION LOSSES DISTRIBUTION NETWORK DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SERVICES ENERGY SECTOR FIXED COSTS FORECASTS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME GROUPS INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING INVESTMENT PROGRAM INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS KEY INFRASTRUCTURE LOCAL CALL MAJOR UTILITIES MIDDLE EAST MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NATIONAL INCOME NORTH AFRICA PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POWER GENERATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITY PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC SECTOR RAILWAYS REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS ROAD ROAD QUALITY ROADS SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE SERVICES TOLL TOLL ROAD TOLL ROADS TOTAL OUTPUT TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSIT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES TRUE UTILITIES WATER SERVICES The paper provides a first, systematic benchmarking of infrastructure performance in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) countries (South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland) in four major sectors-electricity, water and sanitation, information and communication technology, and transportation-against the relevant group of comparator countries using a new World Bank international data base with objective and perception-based indicators of infrastructure performance from over 200 countries. The analysis suggests important comparative gaps in all major infrastructure sectors, although performance varies widely across the SACU region. Performance shortfalls are particularly acute in rural areas where most of the poor live. The benchmarking is envisaged as a comparative input into deeper analyses of infrastructure performance, especially in the context of the ongoing scaling-up efforts (for example, South Africa, Lesotho, and Botswana). 2012-06-18T21:13:06Z 2012-06-18T21:13:06Z 2006-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/08/6969719/international-benchmarking-infrastructure-performance-southern-african-customs-union-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8366 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3987 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Namibia South Africa Lesotho Swaziland Botswana Eswatini
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topic	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS ROAD APPROACH AVAILABILITY BALANCE BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING EXERCISES BENCHMARKS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL STOCK CELLULAR RATES COAL COMPARATIVE ANALYSES DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISTRIBUTION LOSSES DISTRIBUTION NETWORK DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SERVICES ENERGY SECTOR FIXED COSTS FORECASTS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME GROUPS INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING INVESTMENT PROGRAM INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS KEY INFRASTRUCTURE LOCAL CALL MAJOR UTILITIES MIDDLE EAST MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NATIONAL INCOME NORTH AFRICA PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POWER GENERATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITY PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC SECTOR RAILWAYS REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS ROAD ROAD QUALITY ROADS SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE SERVICES TOLL TOLL ROAD TOLL ROADS TOTAL OUTPUT TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSIT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES TRUE UTILITIES WATER SERVICES
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS ROAD APPROACH AVAILABILITY BALANCE BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING EXERCISES BENCHMARKS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL STOCK CELLULAR RATES COAL COMPARATIVE ANALYSES DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISTRIBUTION LOSSES DISTRIBUTION NETWORK DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SERVICES ENERGY SECTOR FIXED COSTS FORECASTS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME GROUPS INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING INVESTMENT PROGRAM INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS KEY INFRASTRUCTURE LOCAL CALL MAJOR UTILITIES MIDDLE EAST MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NATIONAL INCOME NORTH AFRICA PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POWER GENERATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITY PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC SECTOR RAILWAYS REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS ROAD ROAD QUALITY ROADS SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE SERVICES TOLL TOLL ROAD TOLL ROADS TOTAL OUTPUT TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSIT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES TRUE UTILITIES WATER SERVICES Bogetić, Željko Fedderke, Johannes W. International Benchmarking of Infrastructure Performance in the Southern African Customs Union Countries
geographic_facet	Africa Namibia South Africa Lesotho Swaziland Botswana Eswatini
relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3987
description	The paper provides a first, systematic benchmarking of infrastructure performance in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) countries (South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland) in four major sectors-electricity, water and sanitation, information and communication technology, and transportation-against the relevant group of comparator countries using a new World Bank international data base with objective and perception-based indicators of infrastructure performance from over 200 countries. The analysis suggests important comparative gaps in all major infrastructure sectors, although performance varies widely across the SACU region. Performance shortfalls are particularly acute in rural areas where most of the poor live. The benchmarking is envisaged as a comparative input into deeper analyses of infrastructure performance, especially in the context of the ongoing scaling-up efforts (for example, South Africa, Lesotho, and Botswana).
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Bogetić, Željko Fedderke, Johannes W.
author_facet	Bogetić, Željko Fedderke, Johannes W.
author_sort	Bogetić, Željko
title	International Benchmarking of Infrastructure Performance in the Southern African Customs Union Countries
title_short	International Benchmarking of Infrastructure Performance in the Southern African Customs Union Countries
title_full	International Benchmarking of Infrastructure Performance in the Southern African Customs Union Countries
title_fullStr	International Benchmarking of Infrastructure Performance in the Southern African Customs Union Countries
title_full_unstemmed	International Benchmarking of Infrastructure Performance in the Southern African Customs Union Countries
title_sort	international benchmarking of infrastructure performance in the southern african customs union countries
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/08/6969719/international-benchmarking-infrastructure-performance-southern-african-customs-union-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8366
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International Benchmarking of Infrastructure Performance in the Southern African Customs Union Countries

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