Infrastructure challenges and potential for Africa South of the Sahara
This document presents a snapshot evaluation of the existing literature on the impacts of access to infrastructure, the current infrastructural situation in Africa, and the access gap in four major infrastructural sectors: rural telecommunications, electrification, water, and rural roads. We have fo...
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2015
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149630 |
| Summary: | This document presents a snapshot evaluation of the existing literature on the impacts of access to infrastructure, the current infrastructural situation in Africa, and the access gap in four major infrastructural sectors: rural telecommunications, electrification, water, and rural roads. We have found a clear need to think about infrastructure and institutions in tandem in order to improve Africa’s infrastructure. Countries with sound regulatory institutions and legal frameworks have the ability to adopt solutions that would be out of reach for countries with weak institutions. However, alternative institutional designs could adequately reduce the access gap while simultaneously |
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