Zambia Growth, Infrastructure, and Investments : Role for Public Private Partnership

The main purpose of this paper is to document and discuss infrastructure gaps, investment needs, and policy challenges in improving infrastructure services, with an emphasis on the role of Public Private Partnerships to access needed resources for investments in the various sub-sectors for accelerated growth and poverty reduction in Zambia. Zambia has made substantial progress in extending some infrastructure services, including telecom and roads, to its citizens. However, service delivery in other areas, such as water and sanitation, and electricity has been poor. With Zambia's annual growth increasing and demand for infrastructure services escalating, infrastructure bottlenecks are becoming more acute. This paper is targeted at two main audiences: the first is the broader universe of policymakers, planners, regulators, and technical specialists directly concerned with the delivery of infrastructure services. For these readers, the note provides an overview of the physical, financial, social, and institutional conditions of the country that cut across subsectors. It compares Zambia's infrastructure performance in terms of access rates, affordability, quality, and financial viability of its services to those observed in comparable countries. The second and related audience is the authorities. The note provides them with a sense of the foregone growth opportunities stemming from policy imperfections, an assessment of investment needs for accelerated growth, and how public private partnership can play a role in resource mobilization for the investment needs. The paper takes stock of the most relevant infrastructure issues in the key sectors: energy, water and sanitation and telecommunications.

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2008-06-26
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, ACCESS TO ENERGY, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCOUNTING, APPROACH, AREAS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY, ARREARS, ASSET HOLDING, ASSET POSITION, AVAILABILITY, BAILOUTS, BENEFICIARIES, BENEFICIARY, BIDS, BINDING CONSTRAINT, BOTTLENECKS, BRIDGE, BUDGETING, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPITAL COSTS, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS, CASH FLOW, CASH FLOWS, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET, CHECKS, CLEAN WATER, COMMERCIAL BANK, COMMERCIAL BANKS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITIVE BIDDING, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, CONTINGENT LIABILITY, CONTRACT DISPUTES, COST RECOVERY, COSTS OF ELECTRICITY, DEBT, DEBT RELIEF, DEBT SUSTAINABILITY, DEBT SWAPS, DERAILMENTS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DIESEL, DISCOUNT RATE, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, DISTRIBUTION LOSSES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EFFICIENT MARKET, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY DEMAND, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY GENERATION CAPACITY, ELECTRICITY PRICES, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, ELECTRICITY TARIFF, ELECTRICITY TARIFFS, ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM, EQUIPMENT, EXCHANGE RATE, EXPENDITURE, EXPENDITURES, EXPROPRIATION, FARES, FINANCES, FINANCIAL DISTRESS, FINANCIAL INCENTIVE, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, FINANCIAL SECTOR, FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, FISCAL CONSTRAINTS, FISCAL COST, FIXED CHARGE, FIXED CHARGES, FIXED FEE, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FREIGHT, FREIGHT SERVICES, FUEL, GENERATING CAPACITY, GENERATION, GOVERNMENT BUDGET, GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HOLDINGS, HOUSING, HUMAN CAPITAL, HYDRO POWER, HYDROPOWER, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR, INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURES, INITIAL DEBT, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, INVESTMENT FUND, INVESTMENT PROJECTS, INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS, INVESTMENT RISK, ISSUANCE, KEROSENE, KILOWATT HOUR, LEGAL PROVISIONS, LEVY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, MEDIUM TERM EXPENDITURE, MEDIUM TERM EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK, MOBILE PHONE, MONETARY FUND, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, NATIONAL INCOME, NATURAL GAS, NET PRESENT VALUE, NONPAYMENT, O&M, PIPELINE, POLITICIANS, POPULATION GROWTH, POTENTIAL INVESTORS, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, POWER, POWER CONSUMPTION, POWER COSTS, POWER GENERATION, POWER GENERATION CAPACITY, POWER PROJECT, POWER SECTOR, POWER STATION, PRIVATE INVESTMENT, PRIVATE INVESTMENTS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION, PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE, PROVISIONING, PUBLIC, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, PUBLIC RESOURCES, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM, PUBLIC SPENDING, RAIL, RAIL TRACK, RAILROADS, RAILWAY, RAILWAY LINES, RAILWAY SYSTEM, RAILWAYS, RATES OF RETURN, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REGULATORY GOVERNANCE, REGULATORY SYSTEMS, RETURNS, REVENUE ADEQUACY, ROAD, ROAD DEVELOPMENT, ROAD FUND, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD SECTOR, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROAD USER, ROADS, ROUTE, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, RURAL ROADS, SAFETY, SAFETY AGENCY, SANITATION, SERVICE DELIVERY, SETTLEMENT, SEWERAGE SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICES, STOCK EXCHANGE, STOCKS, STRATEGIC INVESTORS, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT, SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS, TARIFF LEVELS, TARIFF REVENUES, TAX, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TELEPHONE LINES, TRADE CREDITORS, TRADE UNION, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC VOLUMES, TRANSACTION, TRANSMISSION LINES, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORTATION, TRUE, URBANIZATION, UTILITIES, VEHICLES, WORKING CAPITAL,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/10991175/zambia-growth-infrastructure-investments-role-public-private-partnership https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19483
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