The Central African Republic's Infrastructure A Continental Perspective

Between 2000 and 2005 infrastructure made a modest net contribution of less than one percentage point to the improved per capita growth performance of the Central African Republic (CAR), despite high expenses in the road sector. Raising the country's infrastructure endowment to that of the regi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Domanguez-Torres, Carolina
Other Authors: Foster, Vivien
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank 2011
Series:Recent Economic Development in Infrastructure
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Collection: World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Between 2000 and 2005 infrastructure made a modest net contribution of less than one percentage point to the improved per capita growth performance of the Central African Republic (CAR), despite high expenses in the road sector. Raising the country's infrastructure endowment to that of the region's middle-income countries could boost annual growth by about 3.5 percentage points. Assuming that the inefficiencies are fully captured, comparing spending needs against existing spending and potential efficiency gains leaves an annual funding gap of