Infrastructure Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Scorecard
Infrastructure is viewed as a crucial ingredient to foster growth and productivity. Amid the post -- global financial crisis slowdown, Sub-Saharan Africa is in dire need to continue the growth momentum it experienced during the period of the Africa...
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okr-10986-297702022-09-20T00:14:39Z Infrastructure Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Scorecard Calderon, Cesar Cantu, Catalina Chuhan-Pole, Punam INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCESS TO WATER ELECTRICITY WATER AND SANITATION ROADWAYS CONNECTIVITY RAILWAY RAIL TRANSPORT TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC INVESTMENT Infrastructure is viewed as a crucial ingredient to foster growth and productivity. Amid the post -- global financial crisis slowdown, Sub-Saharan Africa is in dire need to continue the growth momentum it experienced during the period of the Africa Rising narrative. An emerging consensus in the empirical literature is that, under the right circumstances, an adequate supply of infrastructure can help foster growth in the region. This paper provides a scorecard on infrastructure development in Sub-Saharan Africa over the past decades along four sectors (telecommunications, electric power, transportation, and water and sanitation) and three dimensions (quantity, quality, and access). First, it documents the existence of a large gap in infrastructure in the region—although the magnitude of the gap depends on the sector, dimension, and country/group. Second, the potential growth benefits from closing the infrastructure gap are large. Third, the infrastructure financing needs are very large, and the public sector so far is unable to meet these needs. Other options that involve the private sector may be available for the region. Finally, there is room for improving the efficiency of public infrastructure spending (that is, the quality of public investment management systems and procurement methods), which, in turn, may increase the output multiplier of investment spending. 2018-05-02T19:19:44Z 2018-05-02T19:19:44Z 2018-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/866331525265592425/Infrastructure-development-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa-a-scorecard http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29770 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8425 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa |
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Infrastructure is viewed as a crucial
ingredient to foster growth and productivity. Amid the post
-- global financial crisis slowdown, Sub-Saharan Africa is
in dire need to continue the growth momentum it experienced
during the period of the Africa Rising narrative. An
emerging consensus in the empirical literature is that,
under the right circumstances, an adequate supply of
infrastructure can help foster growth in the region. This
paper provides a scorecard on infrastructure development in
Sub-Saharan Africa over the past decades along four sectors
(telecommunications, electric power, transportation, and
water and sanitation) and three dimensions (quantity,
quality, and access). First, it documents the existence of a
large gap in infrastructure in the region—although the
magnitude of the gap depends on the sector, dimension, and
country/group. Second, the potential growth benefits from
closing the infrastructure gap are large. Third, the
infrastructure financing needs are very large, and the
public sector so far is unable to meet these needs. Other
options that involve the private sector may be available for
the region. Finally, there is room for improving the
efficiency of public infrastructure spending (that is, the
quality of public investment management systems and
procurement methods), which, in turn, may increase the
output multiplier of investment spending. |
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Calderon, Cesar Cantu, Catalina Chuhan-Pole, Punam |
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Calderon, Cesar Cantu, Catalina Chuhan-Pole, Punam |
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Infrastructure Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Scorecard |
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Infrastructure Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Scorecard |
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Infrastructure Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Scorecard |
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Infrastructure Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Scorecard |
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Infrastructure Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Scorecard |
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infrastructure development in sub-saharan africa : a scorecard |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2018 |
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