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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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