EAP - The Pacific Infrastructure Challenge - World Bank (2006).pdf
EAP - The Pacific Infrastructure Challenge - World Bank (2006).pdf
EAP - The Pacific Infrastructure Challenge - World Bank (2006).pdf
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Figure 8.5: Mainlines Trend<br />
0.600<br />
Number of Mainlines in operation per capita in 2002<br />
0.500<br />
0.400<br />
0.300<br />
0.200<br />
Jamaica<br />
St Lucia<br />
Dominica<br />
y = 7E-05x - 0.014<br />
Tonga<br />
Fiji<br />
0.100<br />
FSM<br />
Marshall Is<br />
Samoa<br />
Kiribati<br />
Vanuatu<br />
PNG Solomon Is<br />
0.000 Timor Leste<br />
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000<br />
GDP per Capita<br />
Palau<br />
St Kitts<br />
Source: ITU Data, <strong>World</strong> Development Indicators<br />
We calculated the current number of lines (both mainlines and mobile) per person by<br />
dividing the number of connections in operation (2002) by the total population<br />
(2002). We then multiplied each country’s projected population for 2015 by the<br />
target lines per person. Finally, we multiplied the total number of additional lines<br />
required by the average cost of a new line: US$400 for mainlines, $580 for mobile 23 .<br />
We then derive the annual per capita investment requirement from this total figure.<br />
23 <strong>The</strong> cost per mainline and cost per cellular phone subscriber were taken from the unit costs for infrastructure<br />
investment quoted in <strong>World</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> Policy Research Working Paper 3102: “Investing in <strong>Infrastructure</strong>: What is<br />
needed from 2000 to 2010”, M. Fay and T Yepes, July 2003, pg 10<br />
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