The Democratic Republic of Congo's Infrastructure

The Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD) has gathered and analyzed extensive data on infrastructure in around 40 Sub-Saharan countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The results have been presented in reports covering different areas of infrastructure ICT, irrigation, power, transport, water and sanitation and different policy areas, including investment needs, fiscal costs, and sector performance. This report presents the key AICD findings for the DRC, allowing the country's infrastructure situation to be benchmarked against that of its African peers. Given that the DRC is a fragile state trying to catch up with other low-income countries (LICs) in the region, both fragile-state and LIC African benchmarks will be used to evaluate the DRC's situation. Detailed comparisons will also be made with immediate regional neighbors in Central Africa. Several methodological issues should be borne in mind. First, because of the cross-country nature of data collection, a time lag is inevitable. The period covered by the AICD runs from 2001 to 2006. Most technical data presented are for 2006 (or the most recent year available), while financial data are typically averaged over the available period to smooth out the effect of short-term fluctuations. Second, in order to make comparisons across countries, indicators had to be standardized to place the analysis on a consistent basis. This means that some of the indicators presented here may be slightly different from those that are routinely reported and discussed at the country level. During the period from 2001 to 2005, per capita economic growth in DRC was on average 2.1 percent higher than during the period from 1991 to 1995. Despite this improvement, growth levels, which oscillated between 4 and 8 percent in the early 2000s, still fell short of the sustained 7 percent per year needed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Improved telecommunications infrastructure has been the main driver of this change, contributing 1.1 percentage points to the country's per capita growth rate. Deficiencies in power infrastructure, on the other hand, held back per capita growth by 0.25 percentage point over this period.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Benitez, Daniel Alberto, Foster, Vivien
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2010-03
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, ACCESSIBILITY, AIR, AIR ROUTES, AIR SERVICES, AIR TRANSPORT, AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR, AIRCRAFT, AIRLINE COMPANIES, AIRPORTS, AMOUNT OF POWER, APPROACH, AVAILABILITY, BANDWIDTH, BANK, BOTTLENECKS, BRIDGE, BUDGET EXECUTION, BUDGETS, CABLE, CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, CAPITAL SUBSIDIES, CAPITALS, CARGO, CARS, CONCESSION, CONTAINER PORT, CONTAINER TERMINAL, CONTAINER TERMINAL OPERATIONS, COST OF POWER, COST OF POWER PRODUCTION, COST RECOVERY, COSTS, COSTS OF POWER, CROSSING, DEFICITS, DIESEL, DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER, DIRECT CALLS, DISTRIBUTION LOSSES, DOMESTIC AIR TRANSPORT, DOMESTIC FLIGHTS, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC FACTORS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRIFICATION, ENERGY, ENTERPRISES, EQUITY, EXTERNAL FINANCING, FACILITIES, FINANCE, FINANCIAL DATA, FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, FREIGHT, GENERATION, GENERATION CAPACITY, GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY, GENERATORS, GOVERNANCE, GOVERNMENT SPENDING, GOVERNMENTS, GRID ELECTRICITY, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROWTH RATES, HYDRO PLANT, HYDROPOWER, HYDROPOWER GENERATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS, INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING, INFRASTRUCTURES, INLAND WATERWAYS, INTEREST, INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING, INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING LINES, INVESTMENT PROGRAM, INVESTMENT TARGETS, INVESTMENTS, INVESTMENTS IN POWER, KILOWATT-HOUR, LAND, LANDLORD MODEL, LICENSES, LOCOMOTIVE, LOWER PRICES, LOWER TARIFFS, MAINTENANCE COSTS, MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, MANAGEMENT, MARGINAL COSTS, NET REVENUES, O&M, OPERATING COSTS, OPERATING EXPENSES, OPTIONS, PASSENGER TRAVEL, PER, POPULATION DENSITY, PORT SERVICES, POWER, POWER CONSUMPTION, POWER GENERATION, POWER GENERATION CAPACITY, POWER PLANT, POWER SECTOR, POWER SYSTEM, POWER TRADE, PRICE, PRICE OF POWER, PRICES, PRICING, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITY, PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION, PRODUCTIVITY, PROFIT MARGIN, PUBLIC, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC INVESTMENTS, PUBLIC PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SECTOR, RAIL, RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE, RAIL LINK, RAIL NETWORK, RAIL NETWORKS, RAIL OPERATOR, RAIL SERVICE, RAIL SYSTEMS, RAIL TRAFFIC, RAILWAY, RAILWAYS, REGULATION, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REVENUE, REVENUE COLLECTION, ROAD, ROAD DEVELOPMENT, ROAD HAULAGE, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD INVESTMENT, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD QUALITY, ROAD TRAFFIC, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROADS, ROLLING STOCK, ROUTE, SANITATION, SANITATION UTILITIES, SAVINGS, SPEED LIMITS, SUBSIDIARY, SUBSIDIES, SUBSIDY, SURFACE FREIGHT, SURFACE TRANSPORT, TARIFF, TARIFF LEVELS, TARIFFS, TAX, TAX REVENUES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TELEPHONE CALLS, TELEPHONE NETWORKS, TRAFFIC DENSITY, TRAFFIC LEVELS, TRAFFIC VOLUMES, TRANSIT, TRANSMISSION CAPACITY, TRANSMISSION LINE, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT CAPACITY, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORT INDUSTRY, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT MODE, TRANSPORT NETWORK, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT QUALITY, TRANSPORT SAFETY, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, TREND, TRIPS, TROPICAL FOREST, TRUE, URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE, URBAN ROAD, URBAN TRANSPORT, UTILITIES, UTILITY BILL, UTILITY BILLS, VALUE, VOLTAGE, WATER, WATER CONSUMPTION, WATER SERVICES, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TARIFFS, WATER UTILITIES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/901171468191948305/The-Democratic-Republic-of-Congos-infrastructure-a-continental-perspective https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27759
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