The Democratic Republic of Congo's Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

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...

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Main Authors:	Foster, Vivien, Benitez, Daniel Alberto
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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&AMP;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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27759

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Summary:	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.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

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