EAP - The Pacific Infrastructure Challenge - World Bank (2006).pdf

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Water tariffs are often too low In many Pacific countries water tariffs are held below cost. Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea are exceptions to the rule. In these countries, the higher tariffs reflect a requirement to recover reasonable costs and to generate a return on investment. When tariffs are held below cost, operation efficiency and maintenance often suffer. Nonrevenue water is an important measure of efficiency. While water utilities in many developing countries are able to achieve levels of between 20 and 30% non-revenue water, Figure 5.3 shows that in the Pacific only Vanuatu (Port Vila) has achieved this level of performance. Figure 5.3: Non-Revenue Water 70% 60% Non-Revenue Water (%) 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Vanuatu St. Lucia PNG Marshall Islands Pohnpei (FSM) Yap (FSM) Kosrae (FSM) Dominica Kiribati Solomon Islands Fiji Samoa Jamaica Source: Castalia Interviews, Pacific Water Association 2001 Benchmarking Survey Notes: PNG: Papua New Guinea, FSM: Federated States of Micronesia There is room to improve efficiency and asset maintenance In the water and electricity sectors, Pacific countries have lower labor productivity levels than most comparator countries. They also have high distribution system losses, increasing the cost of service. In the past, government policies in Pacific countries have emphasized construction and extension of infrastructure over maintenance. As a result, road networks in many countries are in poor condition and some ports and airports have also been poorly maintained. 18
6 Why the Difference in Performance The preceding section showed that levels of infrastructure access, quality and efficiency vary between countries of a similar size and income level within the Pacific region itself, and relative to the comparator countries. There a re a number of possible reasons for the difference in performance. It is critically important to diagnose the problem correctly. It may be tempting to ascribe problems to the physical, social, and cultural features of the Pacific countries which are outside government control. However, an incorrect diagnosis would lead to poor policies. In this section we consider the different defining characteristics, such as population size, remoteness, or topography. Some of these characteristics make it more difficult to achieve good infrastructure performance, such as small scale, limited human resources or dependence on aid. We ask if these characteristics explain poor performance. We then look at the institutional and management arrangements which influence infrastructure performance. Strong institutions can help small dispersed communities to improve performance despite any natural disadvantages. We ask to what extent weak institutions explain poor outcomes. 6.1 The Pacific Context Pacific nations are relatively poor. Figure 6.1 shows that they have lower levels of income per capita than almost all comparator countries. Figure 6.1: GNI per Capita (Atlas Method) GNI per capita (Atlas - current US$) 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 - Source: World Development Indicators 2003 Timor-Leste Papua NewGuinea Solomon Islands Kiribati Philippines Vanuatu Samoa Tonga Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Fiji Marshall Islands Jamaica Dominica Grenada St. Lucia Mauritius St. Kitts and Nevis Barbados 19
Page 2 and 3: The Pacific Infrastructure Challeng
Page 4 and 5: Table of Contents 1 Acronyms and Ab
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Figure 8.11: Total Annual Per Capit
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9 How do we meet the Challenge This
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Box 9.3: Can private sector involve
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Box 9.6: How can the public sector
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The proportion of mainline access a
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Box A.2: Introducing Telecommunicat
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Universal Access Universal access r
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good example of this. The Kiwi Shar
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Figure A.7: Reported Faults per 100
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Table A.1: Institutional Indicators
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and there have been calls to recons
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A.2 Electricity Sector Analysis A s
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Figure A.10: Average Electricity Ta
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Figure A.11: Economies of Scale in
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interest rate relief on a US$9m loa
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As Figure A.14 shows, Vanuatu perfo
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Table A.3: Industry Structure and G
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Regional Cooperation in Electricity
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A.3 Water and Sanitation Sector Ana
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Figure A.17: Availability of Water
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including full operating expenses a
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operating costs, collections levels
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In Samoa: Samoa’s Public Works De
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Many Pacific countries already outs
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4. Domestic and Pacific Island serv
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Figure A.31: TEU Throughput Levels
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system reduces cargo handling effic
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Economies of Scale Port operations
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The landlord model is the most comm
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Fiji 84 Ports The Maritime and Port
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Apia Port has become one of the bes
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Kiribati 90 Ports The Kiribati Port
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In Shipping: Services are considere
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establishment period. For the offic
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Vanuatu 101 Airports Vanuatu Limite
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