EAP - The Pacific Infrastructure Challenge - World Bank (2006).pdf
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Figure 8.4: Annual Per Capita Investment Requirements in Electricity to reach<br />
MDG<br />
$40.00<br />
Annual Per Capita Investment Requirements in Electricity (US$) for 2002-2015<br />
$35.00<br />
$30.00<br />
$25.00<br />
$20.00<br />
$15.00<br />
$10.00<br />
$5.00<br />
$-<br />
Fiji Samoa Solomon Island Vanuatu Dominica Jamaica St. Kitts St. Lucia<br />
Source: Castalia Research<br />
Again, the overall challenge of achieving the electrification targets in the <strong>Pacific</strong><br />
appears to be higher than in the comparator countries in the Caribbean. Solomon<br />
Islands face the highest investment requirement of $34 per capita per annum.<br />
8.3 Telecommunications<br />
Unlike water, sanitation and electricity sectors, there is no-straight forward way to<br />
apply the MDGs to the telecommunications sector. Hence, we first need to consider<br />
what would be an appropriate target for telecommunications access in the <strong>Pacific</strong>.<br />
We consider two possible targets, providing the two opposite ends of the range<br />
within which the investment requirements in telecommunication may fall. <strong>The</strong><br />
minimum target is based on each country in the <strong>Pacific</strong> reaching the level of access<br />
consistent with the trend relationship between access and per capita GDP. <strong>The</strong><br />
upper target is based on access levels matching those in New Zealand. New Zealand<br />
is also a remote economy with dispersed population, and hence the importance of<br />
telecommunications for economic development in New Zealand is likely to reflect its<br />
value in the <strong>Pacific</strong> Islands.<br />
Our calculation of the trend relationship between lines per capita and per capita<br />
GDP is illustrated in Figure 8.5 below. For <strong>Pacific</strong> Island countries which fall below<br />
the trend line, we define the target as reaching the level of access indicated by the<br />
intersection of the trend line with their per capita GDP level.<br />
<strong>The</strong> upper target corresponds to the New Zealand access levels of 0.466 mainlines<br />
per person and 0.647 cellular connections per person.<br />
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