BeninStats: Benin Republic Global Statistics

#' National Infrastructure Database
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#' @description
#' The Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD) was an unprecedented knowledge program
#' on Africa’s infrastructure that grew out of the pledge by the G8 Summit of 2005 at Gleneagles
#' to substantially increase ODA assistance to Africa, particularly to the infrastructure sector,
#' and the subsequent formation of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA).
#' The AICD study was founded on the recognition that sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) suffers from
#' a very weak infrastructural base, and that this is a key factor in the SSA region failing
#' to realize its full potential for economic growth, international trade, and poverty reduction.
#' The study broke new ground, with primary data collection efforts covering network service
#' infrastructures (ICT, power, water & sanitation, road transport, rail transport, sea transport,
#' and air transport) from 2001 to 2006 in 24 selected African countries. Between them,
#' these countries account for 85 percent of the sub-Saharan Africa population, GDP,
#' and infrastructure inflows. The countries included in the initial study were: Benin,
#' Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo,
#' Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria,
#' Rwanda, South Africa, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. The study also
#' represents an unprecedented effort to collect detailed economic and technical data on African
#' infrastructure in relation to the fiscal costs of each of the sectors, future sector investment
#' needs, and sector performance indicators. As a result, it has been possible for the first time
#' to portray the magnitude of the continent’s infrastructure challenges and to provide detailed
#' and substantiated estimates on spending needs, funding gaps, and the potential efficiency dividends
#'  to be derived from policy reforms.
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#' @docType data
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#' @usage data(infra)
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#' @keywords datasets
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#' @references African Development Bank Group
#' Published by source: 01 August 2019
#' (\href{http://infrastructureafrica.org/dataquery}{Original source})
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#' @source \href{https://knoema.com/NTLDT2016/national-infrastructure-database?regionId=BJ&accesskey=nmjmgjf}{Infrastructure}
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#' @examples
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