African Spatial Modelling (Technology/Methodology) | 22 January 2002
Methodological Assessment of Municipal Infrastructure Assets Systems in Senegal Using Multilevel Regression Analysis for Efficiency Evaluation
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Abstract
This study focuses on evaluating municipal infrastructure assets systems in Senegal, a country with significant underinvestment in public services. Multilevel regression analysis was employed to evaluate municipal infrastructure assets systems across Senegal, accounting for both fixed effects (e.g., district-level characteristics) and random effects (e.g., variation within districts). The multilevel model revealed that investment in maintenance activities significantly improved asset efficiency by approximately 15%, with robust standard errors indicating the reliability of these findings. This study provides a rigorous methodological framework for assessing municipal infrastructure systems, contributing to evidence-based policy-making in Senegal and beyond. Policy-makers should prioritise targeted investments in maintenance activities to enhance efficiency and improve service delivery across municipal infrastructure assets systems. The maintenance outcome was modelled as $Y<em>{it}=\beta</em>0+\beta<em>1X</em>{it}+u<em>i+\varepsilon</em>{it}$, with robustness checked using heteroskedasticity-consistent errors.