5. INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT and national levels. As a result of decentralisation, capacity constraints have emerged among local officials with newly assigned responsibility for infrastructure regulation at the local level, particularly with respect to project design and development.3 At the national level, the regulatory framework has improved recently as new laws have been enacted in individual sectors. The government has been forthright in acknowledging weaknesses in infrastructure and has taken major steps to increase funding, improve regulatory quality and allow for greater private participation. It has set a target for universal access in the power sector by 2020 and has imposed universal service obligations in other sectors, notably telecommunications. State monopolies have been eliminated in telecommunications over the past decade and currently also in the operations of major ports. Increased private participation is possible in toll roads, railroads and power generation. Where SOEs still operate, efforts are under way to ensure
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