Côte d’Ivoire’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

This study is a product of the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD), a project designed to expand the world's knowledge of physical infrastructure in Africa. Infrastructure contributed 1.8 percentage points to Cote d'Ivoire's annual per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the mid-2000. Raising the country's infrastructure endowment to that of the region's middle-income countries could boost annual growth by a further two percentage points per capita. Cote d'Ivoire made major strides with respect to infrastructure during the 1990s. As a result, the country has broad-reaching national backbones in the road, energy, and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sectors, and relatively high levels of household coverage for utility services. However, much ground was lost to conflict in the mid-2000s. Very little investment has taken place in the last fifteen years, leading to recent power shortages, the deterioration of the road network, and the deceleration of progress on safe water access. Cote d'Ivoire's most pressing challenge will be to regain the financial equilibrium needed to restore a reliable energy supply. Reestablishing the prominence of Abidjan's port will require investments in terminal capacity, as well as road and rail infrastructure upgrades on hinterland linkages. The underfunding of road maintenance must also be addressed. Another challenge lies in sanitation, as it is currently unlikely that the country will meet the associated millennium development goal. This report presents the key AICD findings for Cote d'Ivoire, allowing the country's infrastructure situation to be benchmarked against that of its African peers. A social and economic crisis in Cote d'Ivoire has crippled its growth trajectory, which had been that of a middle-income country. It will therefore be compared to low-income countries (fragile and non-fragile groups) and middle-income countries, as well as immediate regional neighbors in West Africa. The study presented several methodological issues.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Foster, Vivien, Pushak, Nataliya
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2010-03
Subjects:	ACCESS CHARGES, ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, ACCESSIBILITY, ACCOUNTING, AIR, AIR TRAFFIC, AIR TRANSPORT, AIRCRAFT, AIRPORT, AIRPORT FACILITIES, AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, AIRPORT TRAFFIC, APPROACH, ARTERY, AVAILABILITY, BALANCE, BANDWIDTH, BONDS, BOTTLENECKS, BRIDGE, BUDGET EXECUTION, CABLE, CAPITAL COSTS, CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, CAPITALS, CARGO, CARGO HANDLING, CARGO HANDLING CHARGE, CARRIERS, COLLECTION SYSTEM, COLLECTION SYSTEMS, CONCESSION, CONCESSION CONTRACT, CONCESSIONS, CONNECTION CHARGES, CONTAINER HANDLING, COST OF POWER, COST RECOVERY, COSTS OF POWER, COUNTRY COMPARISONS, DEFICITS, DEMAND FOR POWER, DISTRIBUTION LOSSES, DOMESTIC AIR TRANSPORT, ECONOMIC BENEFITS, ECONOMIC CRISIS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC GROWTH RATES, ECONOMIC VIABILITY, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRIFICATION, ENERGY SUPPLY, FINANCIAL BURDEN, FINANCIAL DATA, FINANCIAL EQUILIBRIUM, FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, FINANCIAL STRUCTURE, FREIGHT, FREIGHT TRAFFIC, FREIGHT TRANSPORT, FUEL, GAS, GENERATION, GENERATION CAPACITY, GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROWTH RATES, HIGHWAY, HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS, HYDROPOWER, INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS, INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS, INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING, INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING, INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING LINES, INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, INVESTMENT PROGRAM, INVESTMENT TARGETS, KILOWATT-HOUR, KILOWATT-HOURS, LABOR UNIONS, LEASE CONTRACT, LICENSES, LOCOMOTIVE, MAINTENANCE COSTS, MARKET PRICES, MILEAGE, NATURAL RESOURCES, NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE, O&M, OIL, OIL PRICES, OPERATING COSTS, OPERATING EXPENDITURES, PASSENGER TRAFFIC, POLICE, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION DENSITIES, PORTS, POWER, POWER CONSUMPTION, POWER DISTRIBUTION, POWER GENERATION, POWER GENERATION CAPACITY, POWER GRID, POWER PROJECT, POWER SECTOR, POWER SHORTAGES, POWER SYSTEM, POWER TRADE, PRESENT VALUE, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION, PRODUCTIVITY, PROFIT MARGINS, PUBLIC, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC FINANCE, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC INVESTMENTS, PUBLIC PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SPENDING, RAIL, RAIL FREIGHT, RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE, RAIL NETWORKS, RAILWAY, RAILWAYS, REGIONAL TRANSIT, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, REVENUE COLLECTION, ROAD, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD SECTOR, ROAD TRAFFIC, ROADS, ROLLING STOCK, ROUTE, RURAL ROADS, SAFETY, SANITATION, SANITATION SECTOR, SANITATION UTILITIES, SAVINGS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SHIPPING LINES, SUBSIDIARY, TARIFF ADJUSTMENTS, TARIFF REVISIONS, TAX, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TERMINAL OPERATOR, THERMAL POWER, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC DENSITY, TRAFFIC FLOWS, TRAFFIC GROWTH, TRAFFIC VOLUMES, TRANSIT CORRIDOR, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT INDICATORS, TRANSPORT INDUSTRY, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT MARKET, TRANSPORT OF GOODS, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT QUALITY, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRAVELERS, TRUCK PROCESSING, URBAN ROAD, URBAN ROADS, URBAN TRANSPORT, UTILITY BILL, UTILITY BILLS, UTILITY SERVICES, VEHICLE, VEHICLES, VOICE TELEPHONY, WATER CONSUMPTION, WATER SERVICE, WATER SERVICES, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TARIFFS, WATER UTILITIES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/736621468009599868/Cote-dIvoires-infrastructure-a-continental-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27854
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