Botswana's Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

Infrastructure made a net contribution of just over two percentage points to Botswana's improved per capita growth performance in recent years. Raising the country s infrastructure endowment to that of the region's middle-income countries...

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Main Authors: Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia, Pushak, Nataliya
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AIR
CAR
O&M
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topic ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
ACCESSIBILITY
AIR
AIR PASSENGER
AIR TRANSPORT
AIRCRAFT
AIRPORTS
ALLOCATING WATER RIGHTS
APPROACH
AVAILABILITY
BALANCE
BANDWIDTH
BASINS
BORDER TRAFFIC
BOREHOLES
BOTTLENECKS
BRIDGE
BROADBAND MARKET
BULK WATER
BULK WATER SUPPLY
CABLE
CABLE SYSTEM
CANAL MAINTENANCE
CANALS
CAPITAL COSTS
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CAPITAL MARKETS
CAR
CARRIERS
CASH FLOWS
CEMENT
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
COAL
COAL MINE
COAL PLANT
COST RECOVERY
COVERING
CUBIC METER
CUBIC METERS
DEEP WELLS
DEMAND FOR POWER
DISCOUNT RATE
DISTRIBUTION LOSSES
DOMESTIC COAL
DOMESTIC WATER CONSUMPTION
DRAINAGE
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC CRISIS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SERVICES
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELECTRIC UTILITY
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
ELECTRICITY GENERATION CAPACITY
ELECTRICITY SECTOR
ELECTRICITY TARIFF
ELECTRIFICATION
ENERGY DEMAND
ENGINEERING
EVAPORATION
FINANCIAL VIABILITY
FLUSH TOILETS
FREIGHT
FREIGHT TRAFFIC
GENERATING CAPACITY
GENERATION
GENERATION CAPACITY
GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH RATES
HIGHWAY
HIGHWAY NETWORK
HOUSEHOLDS
INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING
INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING
INLAND TRANSPORT
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION
INTERNATIONAL AVIATION
INTERNATIONAL GATEWAYS
INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT COST
INVESTMENT COSTS
INVESTMENT TARGETS
INVESTMENTS IN POWER
IRRIGATION
KILOWATT-HOUR
LENGTH OF ROAD
LOCAL CALL
LOCAL COUNCILS
LOCOMOTIVE
MAINTENANCE COSTS
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET CONCENTRATION
MINERAL RESOURCES
MINERALS
NATURAL MONOPOLY
NATURAL RESOURCES
NONREVENUE WATER
O&M
OPEN ACCESS
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
OPERATORS
PASSENGER NUMBERS
PASSENGER SERVICES
PASSENGER TRAFFIC
PASSENGERS
PEAK LOAD
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS
PETROLEUM
PIPED WATER
POPULATION CENTERS
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION GROWTH
POWER
POWER CONSUMPTION
POWER CORPORATION
POWER DISTRIBUTION
POWER DISTRIBUTION SECTOR
POWER GENERATING CAPACITY
POWER GENERATION
POWER GENERATION CAPACITY
POWER GRID
POWER PLANT
POWER PURCHASE
POWER REQUIREMENTS
POWER SECTOR
PRESSURE
PRIVATE PARTICIPATION
PRIVATISATION
PROVISION OF WATER
PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY
PUBLIC FUNDING
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR
RAIL
RAIL OPERATOR
RAILROAD
RAILWAY
RAILWAY NETWORK
RAILWAYS
RAINFALL
RAW MATERIALS
RETAIL COMPETITION
REVENUE COLLECTION
RIPARIAN RIGHTS
ROAD
ROAD EXPANSION
ROAD MAINTENANCE
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD SECTOR
ROAD TRAFFIC
ROADS
RUNOFF
RURAL WATER
SAFETY
SANITATION
SANITATION FACILITIES
SANITATION INVESTMENTS
SANITATION SECTOR
SANITATION UTILITIES
SERVICE OPERATOR
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SEWERAGE SERVICES
SODA ASH
SURFACE WATER
TARIFF ADJUSTMENTS
TARIFF LEVELS
TARIFF POLICY
TARIFF REVISIONS
TARIFF SETTING
TRAFFIC LEVELS
TRANSIT
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT INDICATORS
TRANSPORT INDUSTRY
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURES
TRANSPORT MARKET
TRANSPORT POLICY
TRANSPORT QUALITY
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRANSPORTS
URBAN ROAD
URBAN TRANSPORT
URBAN WATER
URBAN WATER SUPPLY
VEHICLES
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER SECTOR
WATER CONSUMPTION
WATER DEMAND
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SECTOR
WATER SECTOR REFORM
WATER SERVICE
WATER SERVICES
WATER SOURCE
WATER SOURCES
WATER STANDPOSTS
WATER STORAGE
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SYSTEMS
WATER TABLE
WATER TARIFFS
WATER USE
WATER UTILITIES
WELLS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
ACCESSIBILITY
AIR
AIR PASSENGER
AIR TRANSPORT
AIRCRAFT
AIRPORTS
ALLOCATING WATER RIGHTS
APPROACH
AVAILABILITY
BALANCE
BANDWIDTH
BASINS
BORDER TRAFFIC
BOREHOLES
BOTTLENECKS
BRIDGE
BROADBAND MARKET
BULK WATER
BULK WATER SUPPLY
CABLE
CABLE SYSTEM
CANAL MAINTENANCE
CANALS
CAPITAL COSTS
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CAPITAL MARKETS
CAR
CARRIERS
CASH FLOWS
CEMENT
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
COAL
COAL MINE
COAL PLANT
COST RECOVERY
COVERING
CUBIC METER
CUBIC METERS
DEEP WELLS
DEMAND FOR POWER
DISCOUNT RATE
DISTRIBUTION LOSSES
DOMESTIC COAL
DOMESTIC WATER CONSUMPTION
DRAINAGE
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC CRISIS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SERVICES
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELECTRIC UTILITY
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
ELECTRICITY GENERATION CAPACITY
ELECTRICITY SECTOR
ELECTRICITY TARIFF
ELECTRIFICATION
ENERGY DEMAND
ENGINEERING
EVAPORATION
FINANCIAL VIABILITY
FLUSH TOILETS
FREIGHT
FREIGHT TRAFFIC
GENERATING CAPACITY
GENERATION
GENERATION CAPACITY
GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH RATES
HIGHWAY
HIGHWAY NETWORK
HOUSEHOLDS
INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING
INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING
INLAND TRANSPORT
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION
INTERNATIONAL AVIATION
INTERNATIONAL GATEWAYS
INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT COST
INVESTMENT COSTS
INVESTMENT TARGETS
INVESTMENTS IN POWER
IRRIGATION
KILOWATT-HOUR
LENGTH OF ROAD
LOCAL CALL
LOCAL COUNCILS
LOCOMOTIVE
MAINTENANCE COSTS
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET CONCENTRATION
MINERAL RESOURCES
MINERALS
NATURAL MONOPOLY
NATURAL RESOURCES
NONREVENUE WATER
O&M
OPEN ACCESS
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
OPERATORS
PASSENGER NUMBERS
PASSENGER SERVICES
PASSENGER TRAFFIC
PASSENGERS
PEAK LOAD
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS
PETROLEUM
PIPED WATER
POPULATION CENTERS
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION GROWTH
POWER
POWER CONSUMPTION
POWER CORPORATION
POWER DISTRIBUTION
POWER DISTRIBUTION SECTOR
POWER GENERATING CAPACITY
POWER GENERATION
POWER GENERATION CAPACITY
POWER GRID
POWER PLANT
POWER PURCHASE
POWER REQUIREMENTS
POWER SECTOR
PRESSURE
PRIVATE PARTICIPATION
PRIVATISATION
PROVISION OF WATER
PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY
PUBLIC FUNDING
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR
RAIL
RAIL OPERATOR
RAILROAD
RAILWAY
RAILWAY NETWORK
RAILWAYS
RAINFALL
RAW MATERIALS
RETAIL COMPETITION
REVENUE COLLECTION
RIPARIAN RIGHTS
ROAD
ROAD EXPANSION
ROAD MAINTENANCE
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD SECTOR
ROAD TRAFFIC
ROADS
RUNOFF
RURAL WATER
SAFETY
SANITATION
SANITATION FACILITIES
SANITATION INVESTMENTS
SANITATION SECTOR
SANITATION UTILITIES
SERVICE OPERATOR
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SEWERAGE SERVICES
SODA ASH
SURFACE WATER
TARIFF ADJUSTMENTS
TARIFF LEVELS
TARIFF POLICY
TARIFF REVISIONS
TARIFF SETTING
TRAFFIC LEVELS
TRANSIT
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT INDICATORS
TRANSPORT INDUSTRY
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURES
TRANSPORT MARKET
TRANSPORT POLICY
TRANSPORT QUALITY
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRANSPORTS
URBAN ROAD
URBAN TRANSPORT
URBAN WATER
URBAN WATER SUPPLY
VEHICLES
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER SECTOR
WATER CONSUMPTION
WATER DEMAND
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SECTOR
WATER SECTOR REFORM
WATER SERVICE
WATER SERVICES
WATER SOURCE
WATER SOURCES
WATER STANDPOSTS
WATER STORAGE
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SYSTEMS
WATER TABLE
WATER TARIFFS
WATER USE
WATER UTILITIES
WELLS
Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia
Pushak, Nataliya
Botswana's Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
geographic_facet Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Southern Africa
Botswana
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5887
description Infrastructure made a net contribution of just over two percentage points to Botswana's improved per capita growth performance in recent years. Raising the country s infrastructure endowment to that of the region's middle-income countries could boost annual growth by about 1.2 percentage points. Botswana has made significant infrastructure progress in recent years, spanning the transport, water and sanitation, power, and mobile telephony sectors. But the country still faces a number of important infrastructure challenges. The most pressing is in the power sector, where the country is economically and financially exposed to a lack of generation capacity and insufficient power supply, leaving the economy vulnerable to power price shocks and load shedding. Botswana's international transport connections and Internet connectivity also lag behind those of comparable countries. Botswana's overall resource envelope of $800 million per year surpasses its $785 million needs estimate. Nevertheless, it loses $68 million a year to inefficiencies and faces a funding gap of $305 million per year, entirely in the power sector, traceable to the quality of spending decisions. Botswana will be in a good position to meet its infrastructure goals if it can reduce inefficiencies, increase public-sector receipts, and attract more public funding.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia
Pushak, Nataliya
author_facet Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia
Pushak, Nataliya
author_sort Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia
title Botswana's Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
title_short Botswana's Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
title_full Botswana's Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
title_fullStr Botswana's Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Botswana's Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
title_sort botswana'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_20111123121508
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3655
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spelling okr-10986-36552021-04-23T14:02:11Z Botswana's Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia Pushak, Nataliya ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESSIBILITY AIR AIR PASSENGER AIR TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT AIRPORTS ALLOCATING WATER RIGHTS APPROACH AVAILABILITY BALANCE BANDWIDTH BASINS BORDER TRAFFIC BOREHOLES BOTTLENECKS BRIDGE BROADBAND MARKET BULK WATER BULK WATER SUPPLY CABLE CABLE SYSTEM CANAL MAINTENANCE CANALS CAPITAL COSTS CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAPITAL MARKETS CAR CARRIERS CASH FLOWS CEMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COAL COAL MINE COAL PLANT COST RECOVERY COVERING CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS DEEP WELLS DEMAND FOR POWER DISCOUNT RATE DISTRIBUTION LOSSES DOMESTIC COAL DOMESTIC WATER CONSUMPTION DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SERVICES ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRIC UTILITY ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY GENERATION CAPACITY ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY TARIFF ELECTRIFICATION ENERGY DEMAND ENGINEERING EVAPORATION FINANCIAL VIABILITY FLUSH TOILETS FREIGHT FREIGHT TRAFFIC GENERATING CAPACITY GENERATION GENERATION CAPACITY GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATES HIGHWAY HIGHWAY NETWORK HOUSEHOLDS INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING INLAND TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL AVIATION INTERNATIONAL GATEWAYS INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT COST INVESTMENT COSTS INVESTMENT TARGETS INVESTMENTS IN POWER IRRIGATION KILOWATT-HOUR LENGTH OF ROAD LOCAL CALL LOCAL COUNCILS LOCOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE COSTS MARKET ACCESS MARKET CONCENTRATION MINERAL RESOURCES MINERALS NATURAL MONOPOLY NATURAL RESOURCES NONREVENUE WATER O&M OPEN ACCESS OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE OPERATORS PASSENGER NUMBERS PASSENGER SERVICES PASSENGER TRAFFIC PASSENGERS PEAK LOAD PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS PETROLEUM PIPED WATER POPULATION CENTERS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POWER POWER CONSUMPTION POWER CORPORATION POWER DISTRIBUTION POWER DISTRIBUTION SECTOR POWER GENERATING CAPACITY POWER GENERATION POWER GENERATION CAPACITY POWER GRID POWER PLANT POWER PURCHASE POWER REQUIREMENTS POWER SECTOR PRESSURE PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PRIVATISATION PROVISION OF WATER PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY PUBLIC FUNDING PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR RAIL RAIL OPERATOR RAILROAD RAILWAY RAILWAY NETWORK RAILWAYS RAINFALL RAW MATERIALS RETAIL COMPETITION REVENUE COLLECTION RIPARIAN RIGHTS ROAD ROAD EXPANSION ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD NETWORK ROAD SECTOR ROAD TRAFFIC ROADS RUNOFF RURAL WATER SAFETY SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION INVESTMENTS SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION UTILITIES SERVICE OPERATOR SERVICE PROVIDERS SEWERAGE SERVICES SODA ASH SURFACE WATER TARIFF ADJUSTMENTS TARIFF LEVELS TARIFF POLICY TARIFF REVISIONS TARIFF SETTING TRAFFIC LEVELS TRANSIT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT INDICATORS TRANSPORT INDUSTRY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURES TRANSPORT MARKET TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT QUALITY TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTS URBAN ROAD URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY VEHICLES WASTEWATER WASTEWATER SECTOR WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DEMAND WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER SECTOR WATER SECTOR REFORM WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICES WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER STANDPOSTS WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEMS WATER TABLE WATER TARIFFS WATER USE WATER UTILITIES WELLS Infrastructure made a net contribution of just over two percentage points to Botswana's improved per capita growth performance in recent years. Raising the country s infrastructure endowment to that of the region's middle-income countries could boost annual growth by about 1.2 percentage points. Botswana has made significant infrastructure progress in recent years, spanning the transport, water and sanitation, power, and mobile telephony sectors. But the country still faces a number of important infrastructure challenges. The most pressing is in the power sector, where the country is economically and financially exposed to a lack of generation capacity and insufficient power supply, leaving the economy vulnerable to power price shocks and load shedding. Botswana's international transport connections and Internet connectivity also lag behind those of comparable countries. Botswana's overall resource envelope of $800 million per year surpasses its $785 million needs estimate. Nevertheless, it loses $68 million a year to inefficiencies and faces a funding gap of $305 million per year, entirely in the power sector, traceable to the quality of spending decisions. Botswana will be in a good position to meet its infrastructure goals if it can reduce inefficiencies, increase public-sector receipts, and attract more public funding. 2012-03-19T18:06:18Z 2012-03-19T18:06:18Z 2011-11-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111123121508 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3655 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5887 3234 3324 3473 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 Southern Africa Botswana