Uganda’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

Uganda has made substantial progress on its infrastructure agenda in recent years. The early and successful ICT reform detonated a huge expansion in mobile coverage and penetration resulting in a highly competitive market. Power sector restructurin...

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Main Authors: Ranganathan, Rupa, Foster, Vivien
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AIR
CAR
ICT
O&M
TAX
WEB
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topic ACCESS TO SERVICES
ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY
ACCESSIBILITY
ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS
ACCIDENTS
AIR
AIR SAFETY
AIR TRAFFIC
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
AIR TRANSPORT
AIR TRAVEL
AIRCRAFT
AIRPORT
AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
ARTERIES
AVERAGE TARIFF
AVERAGE TARIFFS
BANDWIDTH
BORDER CROSSING
BORDER CROSSINGS
BOTTLENECKS
CABLE
CAPITAL COSTS
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CAR
CARRIERS
CHILD MORTALITY
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
CONCESSION
CONCESSION AGREEMENTS
CONCESSIONS
CONGESTION
CONGESTION PROBLEMS
CONNECTION POLICY
CONNECTIVITY
COST OF POWER
COST OF TRANSPORT
COST RECOVERY
COSTS OF POWER
CUBIC METER
CUBIC METERS
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
DIESEL FUEL
DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
DISCOUNT RATE
DISTRIBUTION ASSETS
DISTRIBUTION LOSSES
DOMESTIC TARIFFS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
EXCISE TAX
EXCISE TAXES
FATALITIES
FATALITY
FATALITY RATE
FINANCIAL BURDEN
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FLEETS
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FREIGHT
FREIGHT MARKET
FREIGHT TRAFFIC
FUEL
GENERATION
GENERATION ASSETS
GENERATION CAPACITY
GENERATION COSTS
GENERATORS
GOVERNMENT BUDGET
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
GROWTH RATES
HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUMES
HIGHWAY
HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS
HOUSEHOLDS
ICT
INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS
INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION
INTERNATIONAL AVIATION
INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
INVESTMENT COST
INVESTMENT COSTS
INVESTMENT TARGETS
JOURNEY
LOCOMOTIVE
MAINTENANCE COSTS
MARGINAL COSTS
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET CONCENTRATION
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET PRICES
MILEAGE
MOBILITY
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT
NATIONAL RAILWAY
NATIONAL ROADS AUTHORITY
NATIONAL TRANSPORT
NETWORK OPERATORS
NETWORK TRAFFIC
O&M
OPEN ACCESS
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS
PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PIPELINE
POLLUTION
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION GROWTH RATE
PORT CONGESTION
PORTS
POWER
POWER COSTS
POWER SECTOR
POWER SECTOR REFORM
PRICE OF DIESEL
PRIVATE OPERATOR
PRIVATE OPERATORS
PRIVATE PARTICIPATION
PUBLIC SECTOR
RAIL
RAIL CORRIDORS
RAIL FREIGHT
RAIL NETWORKS
RAIL SERVICE
RAIL TRANSPORTATION
RAILWAY
RAILWAY COMPANY
RAILWAYS
REGIONAL TRANSPORT
RESULTS
REVENUE COLLECTION
ROAD
ROAD CONDITIONS
ROAD DEVELOPMENT
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
ROAD LINKS
ROAD MAINTENANCE
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD NETWORKS
ROAD QUALITY
ROAD SAFETY
ROAD SECTOR
ROAD TRAFFIC
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROAD USER
ROAD USER CHARGES
ROADS
ROUTE
ROUTES
RURAL ROADS
SAFE DRINKING WATER
SANITATION
SANITATION DEVELOPMENT
SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE
SANITATION SECTOR
SANITATION SERVICES
SANITATION UTILITIES
SERVICE LEVELS
SERVICE PRICES
SEWERAGE CORPORATION
SEWERAGE SERVICES
SMALL TOWNS
SURFACE TRANSPORT
SURFACE WATER
TAX
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
TOWN
TOWN WATER
TOWN WATER SUPPLY
TOWNS
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC FLOWS
TRAFFIC VOLUME
TRANSIT
TRANSIT ROUTES
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT ACTIVITY
TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT INDICATORS
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT MARKET
TRANSPORT MARKETS
TRANSPORT NETWORK
TRANSPORT POLICY
TRANSPORT QUALITY
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SERVICE
TRANSPORT SERVICE QUALITY
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
TRANSPORTATION RATES
TRAVEL TIME
TRUCKING COMPANIES
TRUCKS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
URBAN ROAD
URBAN ROADS
URBAN WATER
UTILITY SERVICES
VEHICLES
WATER CONSUMPTION
WATER DISTRIBUTION
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
WATER RESOURCES
WATER RIGHTS
WATER SECTOR
WATER SERVICES
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY UTILITY
WATER SYSTEMS
WATER TARIFFS
WATER UTILITIES
WEALTH
WEB
WELLS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO SERVICES
ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY
ACCESSIBILITY
ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS
ACCIDENTS
AIR
AIR SAFETY
AIR TRAFFIC
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
AIR TRANSPORT
AIR TRAVEL
AIRCRAFT
AIRPORT
AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
ARTERIES
AVERAGE TARIFF
AVERAGE TARIFFS
BANDWIDTH
BORDER CROSSING
BORDER CROSSINGS
BOTTLENECKS
CABLE
CAPITAL COSTS
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CAR
CARRIERS
CHILD MORTALITY
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
CONCESSION
CONCESSION AGREEMENTS
CONCESSIONS
CONGESTION
CONGESTION PROBLEMS
CONNECTION POLICY
CONNECTIVITY
COST OF POWER
COST OF TRANSPORT
COST RECOVERY
COSTS OF POWER
CUBIC METER
CUBIC METERS
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
DIESEL FUEL
DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
DISCOUNT RATE
DISTRIBUTION ASSETS
DISTRIBUTION LOSSES
DOMESTIC TARIFFS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
EXCISE TAX
EXCISE TAXES
FATALITIES
FATALITY
FATALITY RATE
FINANCIAL BURDEN
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FLEETS
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FREIGHT
FREIGHT MARKET
FREIGHT TRAFFIC
FUEL
GENERATION
GENERATION ASSETS
GENERATION CAPACITY
GENERATION COSTS
GENERATORS
GOVERNMENT BUDGET
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
GROWTH RATES
HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUMES
HIGHWAY
HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS
HOUSEHOLDS
ICT
INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS
INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION
INTERNATIONAL AVIATION
INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
INVESTMENT COST
INVESTMENT COSTS
INVESTMENT TARGETS
JOURNEY
LOCOMOTIVE
MAINTENANCE COSTS
MARGINAL COSTS
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET CONCENTRATION
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET PRICES
MILEAGE
MOBILITY
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT
NATIONAL RAILWAY
NATIONAL ROADS AUTHORITY
NATIONAL TRANSPORT
NETWORK OPERATORS
NETWORK TRAFFIC
O&M
OPEN ACCESS
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS
PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PIPELINE
POLLUTION
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION GROWTH RATE
PORT CONGESTION
PORTS
POWER
POWER COSTS
POWER SECTOR
POWER SECTOR REFORM
PRICE OF DIESEL
PRIVATE OPERATOR
PRIVATE OPERATORS
PRIVATE PARTICIPATION
PUBLIC SECTOR
RAIL
RAIL CORRIDORS
RAIL FREIGHT
RAIL NETWORKS
RAIL SERVICE
RAIL TRANSPORTATION
RAILWAY
RAILWAY COMPANY
RAILWAYS
REGIONAL TRANSPORT
RESULTS
REVENUE COLLECTION
ROAD
ROAD CONDITIONS
ROAD DEVELOPMENT
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
ROAD LINKS
ROAD MAINTENANCE
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD NETWORKS
ROAD QUALITY
ROAD SAFETY
ROAD SECTOR
ROAD TRAFFIC
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROAD USER
ROAD USER CHARGES
ROADS
ROUTE
ROUTES
RURAL ROADS
SAFE DRINKING WATER
SANITATION
SANITATION DEVELOPMENT
SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE
SANITATION SECTOR
SANITATION SERVICES
SANITATION UTILITIES
SERVICE LEVELS
SERVICE PRICES
SEWERAGE CORPORATION
SEWERAGE SERVICES
SMALL TOWNS
SURFACE TRANSPORT
SURFACE WATER
TAX
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
TOWN
TOWN WATER
TOWN WATER SUPPLY
TOWNS
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC FLOWS
TRAFFIC VOLUME
TRANSIT
TRANSIT ROUTES
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT ACTIVITY
TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT INDICATORS
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT MARKET
TRANSPORT MARKETS
TRANSPORT NETWORK
TRANSPORT POLICY
TRANSPORT QUALITY
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SERVICE
TRANSPORT SERVICE QUALITY
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
TRANSPORTATION RATES
TRAVEL TIME
TRUCKING COMPANIES
TRUCKS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
URBAN ROAD
URBAN ROADS
URBAN WATER
UTILITY SERVICES
VEHICLES
WATER CONSUMPTION
WATER DISTRIBUTION
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
WATER RESOURCES
WATER RIGHTS
WATER SECTOR
WATER SERVICES
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY UTILITY
WATER SYSTEMS
WATER TARIFFS
WATER UTILITIES
WEALTH
WEB
WELLS
Ranganathan, Rupa
Foster, Vivien
Uganda’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
geographic_facet Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
East Africa
Uganda
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5963
description Uganda has made substantial progress on its infrastructure agenda in recent years. The early and successful ICT reform detonated a huge expansion in mobile coverage and penetration resulting in a highly competitive market. Power sector restructuring has paved the way for a rapid doubling of power generation capacity. Uganda is doing well on the water and sanitation MDGs, and has made effective use of performance contracting to improve utility performance. However, a number of important challenges remain. Despite reforms, the power sector continues to hemorrhage resources due to under-pricing and high distribution losses, while electrification rates are still very low. Providing adequate resources for road maintenance remains a challenge, and further investment is needed to increase rural connectivity and improve road safety. Addressing Uganda's infrastructure challenges will require sustained expenditure of around $1.4 billion per year over the next decade, strongly skewed towards capital expenditure. Uganda already spends approximately $1 billion per year on infrastructure, equivalent to about 11 percent of GDP. A further $0.3 billion a year is lost to inefficiencies, the bulk of which are associated with underpricing and distribution losses in the power sector. Uganda's annual infrastructure funding gap is about $0.4 billion per year, most of which is associated with irrigation as well as water and sanitation infrastructure.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Ranganathan, Rupa
Foster, Vivien
author_facet Ranganathan, Rupa
Foster, Vivien
author_sort Ranganathan, Rupa
title Uganda’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
title_short Uganda’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
title_full Uganda’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
title_fullStr Uganda’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Uganda’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
title_sort uganda’s infrastructure : a continental perspective
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120208114533
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3248
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spelling okr-10986-32482021-04-23T14:02:08Z Uganda’s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective Ranganathan, Rupa Foster, Vivien ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY ACCESSIBILITY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS ACCIDENTS AIR AIR SAFETY AIR TRAFFIC AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AIR TRANSPORT AIR TRAVEL AIRCRAFT AIRPORT AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE ARTERIES AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFFS BANDWIDTH BORDER CROSSING BORDER CROSSINGS BOTTLENECKS CABLE CAPITAL COSTS CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAR CARRIERS CHILD MORTALITY COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES CONCESSION CONCESSION AGREEMENTS CONCESSIONS CONGESTION CONGESTION PROBLEMS CONNECTION POLICY CONNECTIVITY COST OF POWER COST OF TRANSPORT COST RECOVERY COSTS OF POWER CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS CUSTOMER SATISFACTION DIESEL FUEL DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER DISCOUNT RATE DISTRIBUTION ASSETS DISTRIBUTION LOSSES DOMESTIC TARIFFS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRICITY SUPPLY EXCISE TAX EXCISE TAXES FATALITIES FATALITY FATALITY RATE FINANCIAL BURDEN FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FLEETS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FREIGHT FREIGHT MARKET FREIGHT TRAFFIC FUEL GENERATION GENERATION ASSETS GENERATION CAPACITY GENERATION COSTS GENERATORS GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GROWTH RATES HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUMES HIGHWAY HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS HOUSEHOLDS ICT INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL AVIATION INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL INVESTMENT COST INVESTMENT COSTS INVESTMENT TARGETS JOURNEY LOCOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE COSTS MARGINAL COSTS MARKET ACCESS MARKET CONCENTRATION MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET PRICES MILEAGE MOBILITY MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT NATIONAL RAILWAY NATIONAL ROADS AUTHORITY NATIONAL TRANSPORT NETWORK OPERATORS NETWORK TRAFFIC O&M OPEN ACCESS OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PIPELINE POLLUTION POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE PORT CONGESTION PORTS POWER POWER COSTS POWER SECTOR POWER SECTOR REFORM PRICE OF DIESEL PRIVATE OPERATOR PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SECTOR RAIL RAIL CORRIDORS RAIL FREIGHT RAIL NETWORKS RAIL SERVICE RAIL TRANSPORTATION RAILWAY RAILWAY COMPANY RAILWAYS REGIONAL TRANSPORT RESULTS REVENUE COLLECTION ROAD ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD DEVELOPMENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD LINKS ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD NETWORK ROAD NETWORKS ROAD QUALITY ROAD SAFETY ROAD SECTOR ROAD TRAFFIC ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD USER ROAD USER CHARGES ROADS ROUTE ROUTES RURAL ROADS SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITATION SANITATION DEVELOPMENT SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SANITATION UTILITIES SERVICE LEVELS SERVICE PRICES SEWERAGE CORPORATION SEWERAGE SERVICES SMALL TOWNS SURFACE TRANSPORT SURFACE WATER TAX TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TOWN TOWN WATER TOWN WATER SUPPLY TOWNS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC FLOWS TRAFFIC VOLUME TRANSIT TRANSIT ROUTES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACTIVITY TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INDICATORS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT MARKET TRANSPORT MARKETS TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT QUALITY TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICE TRANSPORT SERVICE QUALITY TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION RATES TRAVEL TIME TRUCKING COMPANIES TRUCKS URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN ROAD URBAN ROADS URBAN WATER UTILITY SERVICES VEHICLES WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER RESOURCES WATER RIGHTS WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY UTILITY WATER SYSTEMS WATER TARIFFS WATER UTILITIES WEALTH WEB WELLS Uganda has made substantial progress on its infrastructure agenda in recent years. The early and successful ICT reform detonated a huge expansion in mobile coverage and penetration resulting in a highly competitive market. Power sector restructuring has paved the way for a rapid doubling of power generation capacity. Uganda is doing well on the water and sanitation MDGs, and has made effective use of performance contracting to improve utility performance. However, a number of important challenges remain. Despite reforms, the power sector continues to hemorrhage resources due to under-pricing and high distribution losses, while electrification rates are still very low. Providing adequate resources for road maintenance remains a challenge, and further investment is needed to increase rural connectivity and improve road safety. Addressing Uganda's infrastructure challenges will require sustained expenditure of around $1.4 billion per year over the next decade, strongly skewed towards capital expenditure. Uganda already spends approximately $1 billion per year on infrastructure, equivalent to about 11 percent of GDP. A further $0.3 billion a year is lost to inefficiencies, the bulk of which are associated with underpricing and distribution losses in the power sector. Uganda's annual infrastructure funding gap is about $0.4 billion per year, most of which is associated with irrigation as well as water and sanitation infrastructure. 2012-03-19T17:29:04Z 2012-03-19T17:29:04Z 2012-02-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120208114533 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3248 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5963 3334 3235 3325 3458 3237 3448 3525 3236 3234 3322 3238 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Sub-Saharan Africa East Africa Uganda