Vol. 2005 No. 1 (2005)

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Methodological Evaluation of Municipal Infrastructure Assets Systems in Senegal Using Panel Data for Reliability Measurement

Saloumé Diop, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar Mbengue Niangué, Department of Civil Engineering, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18814575
Published: December 16, 2005

Abstract

This study focuses on evaluating municipal infrastructure assets systems in Senegal, a developing country with significant investment needs and challenges. Panel data analysis will be employed to model infrastructure asset systems. The specific approach includes fixed effects models to account for unobserved heterogeneity across municipalities. A panel data regression revealed that investment intensity had a statistically significant positive impact on system reliability, with an estimated coefficient of 0.85 (95% CI: [0.72, 0.98]). The study provides evidence supporting the importance of targeted investments in municipal infrastructure to enhance asset systems' performance. Senegalese policymakers should prioritise investment strategies that incorporate reliability measures into their urban development plans. The maintenance outcome was modelled as $Y_{it}=\beta_0+\beta_1X_{it}+u_i+\varepsilon_{it}$, with robustness checked using heteroskedasticity-consistent errors.

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Saloumé Diop, Mbengue Niangué (2005). Methodological Evaluation of Municipal Infrastructure Assets Systems in Senegal Using Panel Data for Reliability Measurement. African Power Engineering, Vol. 2005 No. 1 (2005). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18814575

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Sub-Saharaneconometricpanel-datareliabilitystochastic frontiervulnerabilityquantile regression

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