Senegal's Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

Briceñ ; o-Garmendia, Cecilia M. ; Torres, Clemencia ; Dominguez, Carolina

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO SAFE WATER;    ACCESSIBILITY;    ACCIDENTS;    ACCOUNTING;    AIR;   

RP-ID  :  63100

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Between 2000 and 2005 infrastructuremade a contribution of 1 percentage point to Senegal'simproved per capita growth performance, placing it in themiddle of the distribution among West African countriesduring the period. Raising the country's infrastructureendowment to that of the region's middle-incomecountries (MICs) could boost annual growth by about 2.7percentage points. Senegal has made significant progress insome areas of its infrastructure. In the transport sector,road standards are adequate and their quality average.Senegal has also strengthened the road institutionalframework with the creation of the Second Generation RoadFund (FERA) and the Road Maintenance Executing Agency. Ithas also managed to have a toll road concession granted forthe Dakar-Diamniadio Toll Highway. The tariffs in therailway sector are internationally competitive, and therehas been improvement in the financial viability of ports.After Nigeria, the country stands as an emerging hub and amajor player in air transport. Also, Senegal has managed tointroduce private participation in electricity generation,and the unbundling of the electricity sector is under wayeven as the country actively participates in the regionalpower market. The country is on track to meet the MillenniumDevelopment Goals (MDGs) in improved water. In theinformation and communication technology (ICT) sector therehas been an impressive expansion of the mobile and Internetmarkets. Senegal already spends around $911 million per yearon infrastructure, equivalent to about 11 percent of itsgross domestic product (GDP). Almost $312 million a year islost to inefficiencies of various kinds, associated mainlywith under-pricing in the power and water sectors, poorfinancial management of utilities, and inefficientallocation of resources across sectors. If Senegal couldraise tariffs to cost-recovery levels and reduce operationalinefficiencies in line with reasonable developing-countrybenchmarks, it could substantially boost its infrastructure sector.