Infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific : Road Transport, Electricity, and Water and Sanitation Services in East Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific Islands
Infrastructure assets and services provide the basic physical and organizational structures that underpin the functioning of economy and society. Access to reliable, quality, efficient, and affordable infrastructure services is critical to reducing...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/742271595404096928/Road-Transport-Electricity-and-Water-and-Sanitation-Services-in-East-Asia-South-Asia-and-the-Pacific-Islands http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34228 |
| Summary: | Infrastructure assets and services
provide the basic physical and organizational structures
that underpin the functioning of economy and society. Access
to reliable, quality, efficient, and affordable
infrastructure services is critical to reducing poverty,
promoting economic growth, supporting social development,
and building resilient communities. Much of the global
population lacks access to basic physical infrastructure,
including roads, piped water supply, improved sanitation,
and electricity. Moreover, services may be unreliable, of
poor quality, inefficiently supplied, or unaffordable. These
conditions impose constraints on human health, quality of
life, education, and employment, particularly in rural areas
of the global south. This report provides an overview of
infrastructure provision in three key economic sectors—road
transport, electricity, and water and sanitation—as an
initial step towards building a more extensive body of
knowledge on the health of infrastructure provision
worldwide. Geographically, this report focuses on two of the
world’s fastest growing regions, East Asia and Pacific (EAP)
and South Asia (SAR), which also account for approximately
35.8 percent of the world’s extreme poor. The report takes
stock of available data on service coverage, quality, and
tariff and cost levels that can help governments and their
development partners establish key needs, target resources
for strategic priorities, and benchmark infrastructure performance. |
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