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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| description | 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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| spelling | CGSpace1496302025-11-06T04:11:57Z Infrastructure challenges and potential for Africa South of the Sahara Torero, Máximo economic development agricultural research agricultural development 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 2015-12-21 2024-08-01T02:49:39Z 2024-08-01T02:49:39Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149630 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896298927 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Torero, Maximo. 2015. Infrastructure challenges and potential for Africa South of the Sahara. In Beyond a Middle Income Africa: Transforming African Economies for Sustained Growth with Rising Employment and Incomes. Chapter 8. (Eds) Badiane, Ousmane and Makombe, Tsitsi. ReSAKSS Annual trends and outlook report 2014. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149630 |
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| title | Infrastructure challenges and potential for Africa South of the Sahara |
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| title_short | Infrastructure challenges and potential for Africa South of the Sahara |
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