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*:: Appendix: Infrastr cture data
Table A.1 presents summary information on infra- Figures for inigated land were obtained from the
structure stocks as well as electricity production and data files of the Food and Agriculture Organization
irrigated land. Table A2 offers data on access to (FAO). The data are available from the FAO for 1961
drinking water and sanitation. The two remaining onward.
tables provide data on financial commitments and
support to infrastructure Readers should refer to Table A2 Access to drinking water and sanitation
the "Definitions and data notes" for an explanation
of the country groups used in these tables. Tables Access to drinkin -ater means access to safe water
Al and Al list economies in the same order as in Fty either standpost or house connections. Safe
the World Development indicators -*vwater is defined here as treated surface waters or
Although the data reported here are drawsn fromn untreated but uncontaminated waters, such as from
the most authoritative sources available, compara- protected springs, boreholes, and sanitary wells. Acbility-
may be limited by variations in data collec- acss to sanitatioI includes access by either sewer contion,
statistical methods, and definitions.
necton or other means such as septc tanks, communal
toilets, pit privies, pour-flush latrines, etc
Table A.1 Physical measures of infrastructure Data are primarily from the World Health Organizap-rovision
tion 1980 and 1990, complemented by Gleick 1993
and World Resources Institute 1992. (Data from
Data for paed roads are from Canning and Fay 1993 WHO are provided by govenments and are not
for the years prior to 1990; figures for 1990 were verified independently.) Quinquenmial data are
compiled from the US. Central Intelligence Agency available from 1970 to 1990 for the total and from
1991 (primary source), the Intenational Roads Fed- 1980 t 1990 for rural and urban catoes
eration (IRF), various years, or the International
Road riansport Union (IRLTU), vanous years- Where
1990 data were not available, figures for 1988 or
1989 were used. Quinquennial data are available TheWorldBankscentrallendingdatabase(ALCID)
from 1960 to 1990, but the data are available yearly is the source for annual figures for 1950-93. Infrafrom
the IRF andthelIRTU. -structure commitments are included for the fol-
Both net installed canacty of electricity-generating lowing sectors: irgation and drainage; powern teleplants
and electricity production are from Canning communications; water and sanitation; and total
and Fay 1993 for the years prior to 1990. Figures for ts t
1990comefi-m
UntedNatins 991-Quiquenial -transport. Total trrnsport indudes aviation, high
1990 come from United Nations 1991. Quincinennial ways, ports and waterways, railways, and urban
data are available from 1960 to 1990; the data are transport as well as commitments to the overall
available Avalablne yearly yearly from firomze
the UJN
UNS a
sourceseIephoue
transportation sector. Sector adjustment loans (SE-
Atlephonemain lineisa telephonelinethat con- CALs) are included. These data do not include
nects the subscriber's terminal equipment to the *or ifrstrucure components of projects in
public switched network and has a dedicated port other sectors, for example, rural development or enm
the telephone exchange equipment This term is vunentat projects.
synonymous with the term mnain station, which is
commonly used in telecommunication documents. Table A4 Official development finance for
Data for main lines are from the International infrastructure
-Telecommunication Union TU) 1994 Quinquennial
data are available, but the data are available The OECD provided data for the years 1984-92. The
yearly for the years 1975-92 from the iTL's elec- figures given here are based on total official flows as
tronic database.
defined by the Development Assistance Committee
Information on kilometers of railroad tracks is of the OECl:) Total infrastnrcture indudes communifrom
CannIng and Fay 1993 for the years prior to cations, energy, transport, water supply and sanita-
1990. Figures for 1990 are from the World Bank; tion, as well as river development and other infraquinquennial
data are available from 1960 to 1990. structure not classified in the previous categories.
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