Angola's Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

Pushak, Nataliya ; Foster, Vivien

关键词: ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY;    ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY;    ACCESSIBILITY;    AGRICULTURE;    AIR;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-5813
RP-ID  :  WPS5813

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Infrastructure made a net contributionof around 1 percentage point to Angola's improved percapita growth performance in recent years, despiteunreliable power supplies and poor roads, which each holdingback growth by 0.2 percentage points. Raising thecountry's infrastructure endowment to that of theregion's middle-income countries (MICs) could boostAngola's annual growth by about 2.9 percentage points.As a resource-rich, postconflict country, Angola has shownan exceptionally strong commitment to financing thereconstruction and expansion of its infrastructure. It hasrecently expanded its generation capacity, embarked on anambitious multibillion-dollar road rehabilitation program,begun to make investments aimed at easing congestion at thePort of Luanda, and embarked upon an ambitiousrehabilitation program for urban water systems. Numerouschallenges remain, however. Angola needs to upgrade itselectricity transmission and distribution infrastructure,expand its urban water-supply system, improve efficiency atthe Port of Luanda, and make policy and regulatoryadjustments across the board. Angola presently spends around$4.3 billion per year on infrastructure, with $1.3 billionlost to inefficiencies. After taking sectoral allocationsand inefficiencies into account, a modest funding gap of$115 million per year remains, which could be largelyeliminated by focusing on lower-cost water and sanitationoptions. Angola's infrastructure needs are manageablerelative to its fast-growing economy, as long as the countrycan address inefficiencies.