UID:
edocfu_9958124477202883
Format:
vii, 91 pages :
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color illustrations ;
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28 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-15797-6
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9786610157976
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0-8213-6206-2
Series Statement:
A country framework report
Content:
Infrastructure in Lesotho is relatively undeveloped with poor coverage and low-quality services common to many African countries that have low per capita incomes and government fiscal limitations that constrain infrastructure investment. This report finds that private participation in infrastructure could offer Lesotho three key advantages: (1) augmenting budget resources in cases where the private sector undertakes to finance projects or services that would not otherwise be funded, (2) improving the quality and efficiency of service delivery, and (3) accelerating investments in infrastructure
Note:
Infrastructure in Lesotho is relatively undeveloped with poor coverage and low-quality services common to many African countries that have low per capita incomes and government fiscal limitations that constrain infrastructure investment. This report finds that private participation in infrastructure could offer Lesotho three key advantages: (1) augmenting budget resources in cases where the private sector undertakes to finance projects or services that would not otherwise be funded, (2) improving the quality and efficiency of service delivery, and (3) accelerating investments in infrastructure. By the same token, the report makes clear that private participation in infrastructure carries significant down-side risks that, despite the best of intentions, could lead to negative fiscal impacts, lower than expected service quality, disruptions to service, or more dire consequences. Accordingly, the need to establish private participation in infrastructure implementation and post-transaction oversight capacity is deemed to be of paramount importance if the Lesotho Government is to embrace an overall strategy for private participation in infrastructure.
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Contents; Introduction and Acknowledgments; 1. Executive Summary; Tables; 2. Cross-Cutting Themes, Sector Comparisons, and an Action Plan to Frame PPI in Lesotho; Figures; 3. Electricity; 4. Telecommunications; 5. Transportation; 6. Water and Sanitation; 7. Solid Waste Sector
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-6205-4
Language:
English
