Good infrastructure is essential for socio-economic growth and sustainable development. Safe and accessible water supplies, reliable energy, good transport networks and communications technology are all vital to a region’s development agenda.
This book presents a comprehensive exploration of the state of infrastructure in Africa and provides an integrated analysis of the challenges the sector faces, based on extensive fieldwork across the continent. Contributors with a wide range of expertise challenge current policy, practice and thinking on issues including the politics of infrastructure development, social inclusion, domestic resource mobilisation and infrastructure financing.
The book will be an important resource for academic researchers, students and early career development professionals as well as policymakers and NGOs engaged in dialoguing the infrastructure development options for Africa.
Table of Content
Introduction: Infrastructure in African development ~ M. Ncube, C.L. Lufumpa and G. Kararach;
Part 1: Spatial and demographic contexts;
Infrastructure development index ~ C.L. Lufumpa, N. Letsara and S. Saidi;
Rapid urbanization and the growing demand for urban infrastructure in Africa ~ C.L. Lufumpa and T. Yepes;
Infrastructure for the growing middle class in Africa ~ M. Mubila and T. Yepes;
Infrastructure and rural productivity in Africa ~ M. Mubila and T. Yepes;
Part 2: Sector-specific issues;
Water and sanitation in Africa: current status, trends, challenges and opportunities ~ G. Kararach and T. Yepes;
Africa’s prospects for infrastructure development and regional integration: energy sector ~ E. Teljeur; M. Chetty and M. Hendriksz;
Africa’s prospects for infrastructure development and regional integration: transport sector ~ T. Chaponda and D. Lishman;
Africa’s prospects for infrastructure development and regional integration: ICT sector ~ L. Adam and M. Mubila;
Part 3. Regional issues;
The state of infrastructure in East Africa ~ T. Yepes and C.L Lufumpa;
Integrated approaches for infrastructure ~ C.L Lufumpa, M. Mubila and T. Yepes;
Regional integration and infrastructure connectivity in Africa ~ M. Mubila and T. Yepes;
Part 4: Financing issues;
Infrastructure deficit and opportunities in Africa ~ A. Mafusire, Z. Brixiova, J. Anyanwu and Q. Meng;
Comparative analysis of costs of some selected infrastructure components across Africa ~ O. Chinganya; A. Adam and M. Kouakou;
Infrastructure deficit and the financing needs in Africa ~ M. Ncube;
Innovative financing for infrastructure: Africa50 fund issues ~ G. Kararach;
Part 5: Concluding remarks;
Infrastructure, political economy and Africa’s transformational agenda ~ M. Ncube, C.L. Lufumpa and G. Kararach
About the author
Dr Charles Leyeka Lufumpa is the Director of Statistics Department at the African Development Bank Group. He oversees the Bank’s statistical development activities in African countries as well as the data needs for the Bank.
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