Public Infrastructure Trends and Gaps in Pakistan

This paper analyzes the public infrastructure trends and gaps in Pakistan, especially by placing the Pakistani experience in an international context. It examines the major sectors of public infrastructure, including (a) transportation, (b) telecommunication, (c) electricity generation and (d) water, sanitation and irrigation. Public infrastructure in Pakistan has made some progress over the last five decades. However, compared to other similar countries, the rate of improvement in Pakistan has been among the slowest for the majority of public infrastructure sectors. This has matched the relatively weak economic growth performance of the country in recent decades, which has remained at or below the median country in the world. Moreover the infrastructure improvement has been insufficient to ameliorate substantially the infrastructure conditions of Pakistani citizens.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Loayza, Norman, Wada, Tomoko
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-08
Subjects:	ACCESS FEE, ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, ACCOUNTING, AIR, AIR TRANSPORT, AIRPORTS, AMOUNT OF POWER, APPROACH, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AVAILABILITY, CANAL SYSTEM, CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, CONCESSION, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, COST RECOVERY, DEBT, DEFICITS, DISCOS, DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES, DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY, DRAINAGE, DRIVING, ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC GROWTH RATE, ECONOMIC GROWTH RATES, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, ECONOMICS, EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, ELECTRIC POWER, ELECTRIC POWER SECTOR, ELECTRIC SUPPLY, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE, ELECTRICITY SECTOR, EMPLOYMENT, ENERGY OUTLOOK, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCING OF INFRASTRUCTURE, FISCAL CONSTRAINTS, FREIGHT, FREIGHT TRAFFIC, FREIGHT TRAINS, FUEL, GAS, GAS SUPPLY, GENERATING CAPACITY, GENERATION CAPACITY, GENERATION COSTS, GENERATORS, GOVERNMENT BUDGET, GOVERNMENT FUNDS, GROWTH MODEL, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY AUTHORITY, HYDROELECTRIC POWER, HYDROELECTRIC POWER GENERATION, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION, INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION, JOURNEY, JOURNEY TIME, JOURNEY TIME RELIABILITY, KILOWATT HOUR, LENGTH OF ROADS, LOCOMOTIVE, MANAGEMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, MARGINAL COSTS, MONIES, NATIONAL HIGHWAYS, NUCLEAR PLANTS, OIL, OPEN ACCESS, PASSENGER SERVICES, PASSENGER TRAFFIC, PASSENGER TRAINS, PEDESTRIANS, PENSIONS, PORT AUTHORITIES, PORT FACILITIES, POWER, POWER COMPANY, POWER DEMAND, POWER GENERATION, POWER GENERATION CAPACITY, POWER GENERATORS, POWER PLANTS, POWER SECTOR, POWER STATION, POWER SYSTEM, PRIVATE CAPITAL, PRIVATE PROVIDERS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION, PRIVATIZATION, PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS, PUBLIC, PUBLIC DEBT, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITIES, PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES, PUBLIC WORKS, QUANTITY OF ELECTRICITY, RAIL, RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE, RAILROADS, RAILWAY, RAILWAY SECTOR, RAILWAYS, REFORM PROGRAMS, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REVENUE BASE, ROAD, ROAD DEVELOPMENT, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD NETWORKS, ROAD SECTOR, ROAD SYSTEM, ROAD USER, ROADS, ROLLING STOCK, SANITATION, SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SOCIAL WELFARE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TELEPHONE INDUSTRY, THERMAL EFFICIENCY, THERMAL PLANTS, THERMAL POWER, THERMAL POWER GENERATION, TOLL, TOLL RATES, TOLLS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CAPACITY, TRAFFIC DEMAND, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, TRANSIT, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT INDICATORS, TRANSPORT INDUSTRY, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT MARKET, TRANSPORT MODE, TRANSPORT OPERATIONS, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, TRIP, TRIP SPEEDS, TRUCKS, URBANIZATION, WATER DISTRIBUTION, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/19309503/public-infrastructure-trends-gaps-pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17881
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