Zimbabwe Infrastructure Dialogue in Roads, Railways, Water,
Energy, and Telecommunication Sub-Sectors

Zimbabwe Infrastructure Dialogue in Roads, Railways, Water, Energy, and Telecommunication Sub-Sectors

In the 1990s, Zimbabwe's economic growth began to slow following a balance of payments crisis and repeated droughts. By the late 1990s Zimbabwe's economy was in serious trouble driven by economic mismanagement, political violence, and the...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Infrastructure Study
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS ROADS ACCIDENT RATES ACCIDENTS ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS ACTION PLAN ACTION PLANS ANIMAL-DRAWN CARTS AUCTION AUCTION SYSTEM AXLE LOAD BACKBONE BICYCLES BOTTLENECKS BUDGET ALLOCATION BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUSINESSES CAPABILITIES CAPABILITY CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL INVESTMENT CASH FLOW CATCHMENT COMMODITIES COMMUNICATION SERVICES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE COMPETITIVENESS COMPUTER HARDWARE CONCESSIONS CONGESTION CONNECTIVITY CONSUMER DEMAND CORE ROAD NETWORK CUSTOMER BASE CUSTOMS DATA COMMUNICATIONS DATA NETWORK DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF ROADS DERAILMENTS DISTRIBUTION NETWORK DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS DRIVERS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CLIMATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRICITY ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT EQUIPMENT FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FLEET SIZE FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT FREIGHT FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUEL FUEL SHORTAGES GOVERNMENT FUNDING GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT POLICY HARMONIZATION HEAVY VEHICLES HIGHWAY HIGHWAY AUTHORITY HIGHWAY DESIGN HIGHWAYS HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCES ICT INCOME INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INSPECTION INSTALLATION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT LAND USE LEGAL FRAMEWORK LENGTH OF ROAD LICENSE LICENSE FEES LICENSES LIMITED ACCESS LOCOMOTIVE MANAGEMENT OF ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT OF ROADS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MANUFACTURING MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT MOBILE NETWORK MOBILE NETWORKS MOBILE TELEPHONE NATIONAL PARKS NATIONAL TRANSPORT NATURAL RESOURCE NETWORK ACCESS NETWORK SERVICE NETWORKS OPEN MARKET OUTSOURCING PASSENGER TRAFFIC PEDESTRIANS PENETRATION RATE PIERS POLICE POLICY FRAMEWORK PORTS OF ENTRY POSTAL SERVICES PRICE DISTORTIONS PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRIVATE SECTORS PROCUREMENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL PSP PUBLIC WORKS QUALITY OF SERVICE RAIL RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE RAIL NETWORK RAIL SECTOR RAILWAY RAILWAY SECTOR RAILWAY TRANSPORT RAILWAYS RECONSTRUCTION REGIONAL TRANSPORT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RELIABILITY RESULT RESULTS ROAD ROAD ACCESS ROAD ADMINISTRATION ROAD AGENCIES ROAD AUTHORITIES ROAD FUND ROAD FUND REVENUES ROAD IMPROVEMENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD INVESTMENT ROAD INVESTMENTS ROAD LINKS ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD MANAGEMENT ROAD NETWORK ROAD PROJECTS ROAD SAFETY ROAD SECTOR ROAD TRAFFIC ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD USER ROAD USER CHARGES ROAD WIDTH ROAD WORKS ROADS ROUTE ROUTES RURAL ACCESS RURAL ACCESS ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ROAD RURAL ROAD MAINTENANCE RURAL ROAD NETWORK RURAL ROADS RURAL ROADS NETWORK SAFETY ISSUES SANITATION SATELLITE SELF-HELP SIGNS SITES STATE HIGHWAY STATE HIGHWAYS STRUCTURES SUPERVISION TECHNICAL DEPARTMENTS TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK TELEPHONE TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONE SERVICES TELEPHONY TERTIARY ROAD NETWORK TIME FRAME TOLL TOLLS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ACCIDENT TRAFFIC LEVELS TRAFFIC SAFETY TRAFFIC SAFETY COUNCIL TRAFFIC VOLUME TRAFFIC VOLUMES TRANSIT TRANSMISSION TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRUNK ROADS UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL SERVICE UNIVERSAL SERVICES UNPAVED ROADS URBAN ROADS USERS VEHICLE VEHICLE INSPECTION VEHICLE LICENSE FEES VEHICLE OPERATING VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS VEHICLES VOIP VOLUME OF TRAFFIC WHITE PAPER
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/12430910/zimbabwe-infrastructure-dialogue-roads-railways-water-energy-telecommunication-sub-sectors http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8027

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Summary:	In the 1990s, Zimbabwe's economic growth began to slow following a balance of payments crisis and repeated droughts. By the late 1990s Zimbabwe's economy was in serious trouble driven by economic mismanagement, political violence, and the wider impact of the land reform program on food production. During 2007 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contract by more than 6 percent, making the cumulative output decline over 35 percent since 1999. The unrelenting economic deterioration is doing long-term damage to the foundations of the Zimbabwean economy, private sector investment is virtually zero, infrastructure has deteriorated, and skilled professionals have left the country. With inflation accelerating, the Government introduced, in 2007, blanket price controls and ordered businesses to cut prices by half. Despite the strict price controls inflation continues to rise as the root cause of high inflation, monetization of the large public sector financing needs remains unaddressed. A large part of the high public sector deficit is due to quasi-fiscal spending by the central bank on mainly concessional credits and subsidized foreign exchange for priority sectors, unrealized exchange rate losses, and losses incurred by the central bank's open market operations to mop up liquidities.