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Public Infrastructure Trends and Gaps in Pakistan

This paper analyzes the public infrastructure trends and gaps in Pakistan, especially by placing the Pakistani experience in an international context. It examines the major sectors of public infrastructure, including (a) transportation, (b)...

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Main Authors:	Loayza, Norman, Wada, Tomoko
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS FEE ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCOUNTING AIR AIR TRANSPORT AIRPORTS AMOUNT OF POWER APPROACH ASSET MANAGEMENT AVAILABILITY CANAL SYSTEM CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CONCESSION CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COST RECOVERY DEBT DEFICITS DISCOS DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY DRAINAGE DRIVING ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC GROWTH RATE ECONOMIC GROWTH RATES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMICS EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER SECTOR ELECTRIC SUPPLY ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE ELECTRICITY SECTOR EMPLOYMENT ENERGY OUTLOOK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCING OF INFRASTRUCTURE FISCAL CONSTRAINTS FREIGHT FREIGHT TRAFFIC FREIGHT TRAINS FUEL GAS GAS SUPPLY GENERATING CAPACITY GENERATION CAPACITY GENERATION COSTS GENERATORS GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT FUNDS GROWTH MODEL HIGHWAY HIGHWAY AUTHORITY HYDROELECTRIC POWER HYDROELECTRIC POWER GENERATION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION JOURNEY JOURNEY TIME JOURNEY TIME RELIABILITY KILOWATT HOUR LENGTH OF ROADS LOCOMOTIVE MANAGEMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE MARGINAL COSTS MONIES NATIONAL HIGHWAYS NUCLEAR PLANTS OIL OPEN ACCESS PASSENGER SERVICES PASSENGER TRAFFIC PASSENGER TRAINS PEDESTRIANS PENSIONS PORT AUTHORITIES PORT FACILITIES POWER POWER COMPANY POWER DEMAND POWER GENERATION POWER GENERATION CAPACITY POWER GENERATORS POWER PLANTS POWER SECTOR POWER STATION POWER SYSTEM PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE PROVIDERS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRIVATIZATION PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS PUBLIC PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITIES PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES PUBLIC WORKS QUANTITY OF ELECTRICITY RAIL RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE RAILROADS RAILWAY RAILWAY SECTOR RAILWAYS REFORM PROGRAMS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REVENUE BASE ROAD ROAD DEVELOPMENT ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD NETWORK ROAD NETWORKS ROAD SECTOR ROAD SYSTEM ROAD USER ROADS ROLLING STOCK SANITATION SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL WELFARE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE INDUSTRY THERMAL EFFICIENCY THERMAL PLANTS THERMAL POWER THERMAL POWER GENERATION TOLL TOLL RATES TOLLS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CAPACITY TRAFFIC DEMAND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TRANSIT TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT INDICATORS TRANSPORT INDUSTRY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT MARKET TRANSPORT MODE TRANSPORT OPERATIONS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK TRIP TRIP SPEEDS TRUCKS URBANIZATION WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/19309503/public-infrastructure-trends-gaps-pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17881

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Summary:	This paper analyzes the public infrastructure trends and gaps in Pakistan, especially by placing the Pakistani experience in an international context. It examines the major sectors of public infrastructure, including (a) transportation, (b) telecommunication, (c) electricity generation and (d) water, sanitation and irrigation. Public infrastructure in Pakistan has made some progress over the last five decades. However, compared to other similar countries, the rate of improvement in Pakistan has been among the slowest for the majority of public infrastructure sectors. This has matched the relatively weak economic growth performance of the country in recent decades, which has remained at or below the median country in the world. Moreover the infrastructure improvement has been insufficient to ameliorate substantially the infrastructure conditions of Pakistani citizens.