International Benchmarking of Infrastructure Performance in the Southern African Customs Union Countries
The paper provides a first, systematic benchmarking of infrastructure performance in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) countries (South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland) in four major sectors-electricity, water and sanitation, information and communication technology, and transportation-against the relevant group of comparator countries using a new World Bank international data base with objective and perception-based indicators of infrastructure performance from over 200 countries. The analysis suggests important comparative gaps in all major infrastructure sectors, although performance varies widely across the SACU region. Performance shortfalls are particularly acute in rural areas where most of the poor live. The benchmarking is envisaged as a comparative input into deeper analyses of infrastructure performance, especially in the context of the ongoing scaling-up efforts (for example, South Africa, Lesotho, and Botswana).
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Bogetić, Željko,
Fedderke, Johannes W. |
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2006-08
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| Subjects: | ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY,
ACCESS ROAD,
APPROACH,
AVAILABILITY,
BALANCE,
BENCHMARK,
BENCHMARKING EXERCISES,
BENCHMARKS,
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION,
CAPITAL STOCK,
CELLULAR RATES,
COAL,
COMPARATIVE ANALYSES,
DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY,
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS,
DISTRIBUTION LOSSES,
DISTRIBUTION NETWORK,
DRINKING WATER,
ECONOMIC GROWTH,
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE,
ELECTRIC POWER,
ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION,
ELECTRICITY,
ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION,
ELECTRICITY SECTOR,
ELECTRICITY SERVICES,
ENERGY SECTOR,
FIXED COSTS,
FORECASTS,
HUMAN CAPITAL,
INCOME GROUPS,
INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE,
INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY,
INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR,
INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS,
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES,
INFRASTRUCTURES,
INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING,
INVESTMENT PROGRAM,
INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS,
KEY INFRASTRUCTURE,
LOCAL CALL,
MAJOR UTILITIES,
MIDDLE EAST,
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES,
NATIONAL INCOME,
NORTH AFRICA,
PER CAPITA INCOME,
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS,
POWER GENERATION,
PRIVATE SECTOR,
PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITY,
PRIVATIZATION,
PUBLIC SECTOR,
RAILWAYS,
REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE,
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS,
ROAD,
ROAD QUALITY,
ROADS,
SANITATION,
SERVICE DELIVERY,
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA,
TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS,
TELEPHONE SERVICES,
TOLL,
TOLL ROAD,
TOLL ROADS,
TOTAL OUTPUT,
TRANSACTION COSTS,
TRANSIT,
TRANSPORT,
TRANSPORT COSTS,
TRANSPORT SECTOR,
TRANSPORTATION,
TRAVEL TIME,
TRAVEL TIMES,
TRUE,
UTILITIES,
WATER SERVICES, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/08/6969719/international-benchmarking-infrastructure-performance-southern-african-customs-union-countries
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8366
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