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This paper investigates the effectiveness of post-conflict aid at the project level and aims to identify post-conflict situations as a window of opportunity for project success. The Independent Evaluation Group dataset provides extensive information on the characteristics of World Bank projects...
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Infrastructure contributed 1.3 percentage points to Tanzania's annual per capital GDP growth during the 2000s. If the … country's infrastructure endowment were improved to the level of the African leader, Mauritius, annual per capita growth rates … transport sectors in Africa. The power sector poses Tanzania's most serious infrastructure challenge. Despite significant …
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In the past decade, infrastructure contributed 0.5 percentage points to Kenya's annual per capita GDP growth. Raising … the country s infrastructure endowment to that of Africa's middle-income countries could increase that contribution by 3 … by approximately 1 percent of GDP. But the power sector continues to pose Kenya's greatest infrastructure challenge. Over …
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Infrastructure contributed 1.8 percentage points to Cote d'Ivoire's annual per capita GDP growth over the mid-2000s … before conflict began to erase the country's infrastructure and its growth contributions. Raising the country …'s infrastructure endowment to the level of the region's middle-income countries could boost the growth rate by a further 2 percentage …
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) faces possibly the most daunting infrastructure challenge on the African … continent. Conflict has seriously damaged most infrastructure networks. Vast geography, low population density, extensive … infrastructure challenges is to reform the national power utility and increase power generation and delivery. Capacity must increase …
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infrastructure development. Its small population of half a million people is spread across a nine-island archipelago. The islands … need complementary infrastructure in terms of roads, water, transport, ports, power, and ICT. Cape Verde already has well …-developed infrastructure networks. Road density is relatively high, and most of the national network is paved. Almost all islands have port and …
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heavily on regional infrastructure and transport corridors. A strategic focus on regional integration has paid off, and … critical institutional decisions are bringing many positive developments. But Mali still faces infrastructure challenges, the …-and-sanitation functions of EDM, the multisector utility. Mali spent about $555 million per year on infrastructure during the late 2000s. A …
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Between 2000 and 2005, infrastructure contributed less than 1 percentage point to the Central African Republic's annual … per capita GDP growth, despite substantial spending in the road sector. Raising the country's infrastructure endowment to … cost of fuel, which raises transportation and energy costs, has been a vexing issue across all infrastructure sectors. The …
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Infrastructure development in Sierra Leone contributed about half a percentage point to the economy's per capita growth … rate in 2003-07. But if Sierra Leone could upgrade its infrastructure to the level of the best performer in Africa, per … flourishing at every level in Sierra Leone. But the 11-year civil war destroyed the country's infrastructure, and rebuilding the …
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Newly independent South Sudan faces a challenge in making its own way in infrastructure development. Despite earning $6 … behind North Sudan's development of infrastructure and social support. South Sudan benefitted from strong donor support … successfully liberalized the ICT sector. Nonetheless, the new country's infrastructure remains in such a dismal state that it is …
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