Colombia - Recent Economic Developments in Infrastructure : Balancing Social and Productive Needs for Infrastructure, Volume 2. Main Report
The purpose of this study is to provide an integral evaluation of recent economic developments in Colombia's infrastructure sectors. Specifically, the study covers the electricity, natural gas, telecommunications, water, and transport sectors....
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okr-10986-145122021-04-23T14:03:18Z Colombia - Recent Economic Developments in Infrastructure : Balancing Social and Productive Needs for Infrastructure, Volume 2. Main Report World Bank INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC IMPACT SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING SECTORAL ASSESSMENT ELECTRICITY NATURAL GAS COMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS WATER SUPPLY TRANSPORT SECTOR ACCESSIBLE SERVICES EQUITABLE ACCESS URBAN-RURAL DRIFT PAVED ROADS & HIGHWAYS INTERNET POWER GENERATION SERVICE PROVIDERS CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS PUBLIC RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION The purpose of this study is to provide an integral evaluation of recent economic developments in Colombia's infrastructure sectors. Specifically, the study covers the electricity, natural gas, telecommunications, water, and transport sectors. Colombia presents high levels of access to basic household services compared to its Latin American peers, while access to services in the country is relatively equitable across the income spectrum, but relatively inequitable between urban and rural areas. However, Colombia lags behind its peers as regards paved roads, internet access, and electricity generation capacity. Energy use is strongly driven by the underlying structure of the economy, and paved road density is driven by the internal spatial distribution of economic activity. Moreover, there is mixed evidence as to the relative quality, and efficiency of Colombia's infrastructure service providers. The report stipulates Colombia needs to enhance its performance on productive infrastructure, while preserving its achievements in the social sphere. On the basis of this comparative assessment, the challenge for Colombia would appear to lie primarily in reorienting its infrastructure investments towards the productive sectors, without jeopardizing its strong performance in social infrastructure. While the private sector can play an important role in addressing the deficits in energy and telecommunications, the key challenge of financing improvements in the road network will necessarily remain a predominantly public responsibility, given that the limited scope for toll roads has already been largely exploited. 2013-07-23T23:18:55Z 2013-07-23T23:18:55Z 2004-11-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/11/5324946/colombia-recent-economic-developments-infrastructure-redi-balancing-social-productive-needs-infrastructure-vol-2-2-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14512 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Infrastructure Study Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean Colombia |
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The purpose of this study is to provide
an integral evaluation of recent economic developments in
Colombia's infrastructure sectors. Specifically, the
study covers the electricity, natural gas,
telecommunications, water, and transport sectors. Colombia
presents high levels of access to basic household services
compared to its Latin American peers, while access to
services in the country is relatively equitable across the
income spectrum, but relatively inequitable between urban
and rural areas. However, Colombia lags behind its peers as
regards paved roads, internet access, and electricity
generation capacity. Energy use is strongly driven by the
underlying structure of the economy, and paved road density
is driven by the internal spatial distribution of economic
activity. Moreover, there is mixed evidence as to the
relative quality, and efficiency of Colombia's
infrastructure service providers. The report stipulates
Colombia needs to enhance its performance on productive
infrastructure, while preserving its achievements in the
social sphere. On the basis of this comparative assessment,
the challenge for Colombia would appear to lie primarily in
reorienting its infrastructure investments towards the
productive sectors, without jeopardizing its strong
performance in social infrastructure. While the private
sector can play an important role in addressing the deficits
in energy and telecommunications, the key challenge of
financing improvements in the road network will necessarily
remain a predominantly public responsibility, given that the
limited scope for toll roads has already been largely exploited. |
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Colombia - Recent Economic Developments in Infrastructure : Balancing Social and Productive Needs for Infrastructure, Volume 2. Main Report |
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Colombia - Recent Economic Developments in Infrastructure : Balancing Social and Productive Needs for Infrastructure, Volume 2. Main Report |
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Colombia - Recent Economic Developments in Infrastructure : Balancing Social and Productive Needs for Infrastructure, Volume 2. Main Report |
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Colombia - Recent Economic Developments in Infrastructure : Balancing Social and Productive Needs for Infrastructure, Volume 2. Main Report |
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Colombia - Recent Economic Developments in Infrastructure : Balancing Social and Productive Needs for Infrastructure, Volume 2. Main Report |
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colombia - recent economic developments in infrastructure : balancing social and productive needs for infrastructure, volume 2. main report |
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Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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