Senegal's Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

Between 2000 and 2005 infrastructure made a contribution of 1 percentage point to Senegal's improved per capita growth performance, placing it in the middle of the distribution among West African countries during the period. Raising the country's infrastructure endowment to that of the region's middle-income countries (MICs) could boost annual growth by about 2.7 percentage points. Senegal has made significant progress in some areas of its infrastructure. In the transport sector, road standards are adequate and their quality average. Senegal has also strengthened the road institutional framework with the creation of the Second Generation Road Fund (FERA) and the Road Maintenance Executing Agency. It has also managed to have a toll road concession granted for the Dakar-Diamniadio Toll Highway. The tariffs in the railway sector are internationally competitive, and there has been improvement in the financial viability of ports. After Nigeria, the country stands as an emerging hub and a major player in air transport. Also, Senegal has managed to introduce private participation in electricity generation, and the unbundling of the electricity sector is under way even as the country actively participates in the regional power market. The country is on track to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in improved water. In the information and communication technology (ICT) sector there has been an impressive expansion of the mobile and Internet markets. Senegal already spends around $911 million per year on infrastructure, equivalent to about 11 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP). Almost $312 million a year is lost to inefficiencies of various kinds, associated mainly with under-pricing in the power and water sectors, poor financial management of utilities, and inefficient allocation of resources across sectors. If Senegal could raise tariffs to cost-recovery levels and reduce operational inefficiencies in line with reasonable developing-country benchmarks, it could substantially boost its infrastructure sector.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Briceño-Garmendia, Cecilia M., Torres, Clemencia, Dominguez, Carolina
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2011-06
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SAFE WATER, ACCESSIBILITY, ACCIDENTS, ACCOUNTING, AIR, AIR MARKET, AIR TRANSPORT, AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR, AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT SIZE, AIRPORT, AIRPORT SECURITY, AIRPORTS, ALTERNATE ROUTES, ALTERNATIVE ROUTES, AVAILABILITY OF DATA, AVERAGE TARIFF, BANDWIDTH, BORDER CROSSINGS, BRIDGE, CABLE, CAPITAL COSTS, CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CARGO, CARRIERS, CASH FLOW, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, COMPETITIVE MARKETS, CONCESSION ARRANGEMENTS, CONCESSION CONTRACT, CONCESSIONS, CONTAINER PORT, CONTAINER TERMINAL, CONTAINER TERMINALS, COPYRIGHT, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, COST RECOVERY, COSTS OF POWER, CUSTOMS, CUSTOMS CLEARANCE, DEBT, DEFICITS, DERAILMENTS, DIESEL, DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER, DISTRIBUTION LOSSES, DISTRIBUTION NETWORK, DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS, DOMESTIC AIR TRANSPORT, DOMESTIC FLIGHTS, DRIVING, E-MAIL, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC INDICATORS, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY MARKET, ELECTRICITY SECTOR, ELECTRICITY SERVICES, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, ENTERPRISE SURVEYS, EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS, EXTERNAL MARKETS, FINANCIAL FLOWS, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, FINANCIAL VIABILITY, FIXED TRANSMISSION, FREIGHT, FREIGHT FORWARDERS, FREIGHT SERVICES, FREIGHT TRAFFIC, FUEL, GENERATION, GENERATION CAPACITY, GOVERNMENT FUNDS, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROWTH RATES, HIGHWAY, ICT, IMPROVEMENTS IN ROAD SAFETY, INEFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, INFLATION, INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION, INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR, INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT, INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION, INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, INTERNATIONAL AVIATION, INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS, INTERNATIONAL GATEWAYS, INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, INVESTMENT PROGRAM, INVESTMENT TARGETS, LICENSES, LOCOMOTIVE, LONG-HAUL TRANSPORT, MARITIME TRAFFIC, MARKET CONCENTRATION, MATERIAL, MEANS OF TRANSPORT, MOBILE TELEPHONE, MODE OF TRANSPORT, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT, NATURAL RESOURCES, NETWORKS, O&M, OPEN ACCESS, OPERATING REVENUE, OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, PARTIAL DIVESTITURE, PASSENGER TRAFFIC, PASSENGERS, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, POLLUTION, POLLUTION PROBLEMS, POPULATION DENSITY, POPULATION GROWTH, POWER, POWER COSTS, POWER PRICES, POWER SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION, PRODUCTIVITY, PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC OFFERING, PUBLIC SERVICE, QUERIES, RAIL, RAIL NETWORK, RAIL OPERATOR, RAIL SYSTEM, RAIL TRANSPORT, RAILWAY, RAILWAY LINE, RAILWAY SECTOR, RAILWAYS, REGIONAL TRANSPORT, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RESULTS, RETAIL DISTRIBUTION, REVENUE COLLECTION, ROAD, ROAD CONCESSION, ROAD CONDITIONS, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD SECTOR, ROAD STANDARDS, ROAD TRAFFIC, ROADS, ROLLING STOCK, ROUTE, SANITATION, SANITATION SECTOR, SANITATION SERVICES, SANITATION UTILITIES, SERVICE PROVIDERS, STRICTER ENFORCEMENT, TARIFF ADJUSTMENT, TAXES ON GASOLINE, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, TELECOM, TELECOMMUNICATION, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, TELEPHONE, TELEPHONE SERVICES, TOLL, TOLL HIGHWAY, TOLL ROAD, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC LEVELS, TRAFFIC PATTERNS, TRAFFIC VOLUME, TRAFFIC VOLUMES, TRANSIT, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT CORRIDORS, TRANSPORT INDICATORS, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT MARKET, TRANSPORT OPERATORS, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT QUALITY, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORT STRATEGY, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, TRANSPORTS, TRUCK PROCESSING, TRUCKS, TRUE, URBAN ROAD, URBAN WATER UTILITY, URBANIZATION, USERS, VEHICLES, WATER CONSUMPTION, WATER SERVICES, WATER UTILITIES, WEB, WEB SITE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/713131468008717806/Senegals-infrastructure-a-continental-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27256
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