Infrastructure in Africa: Lessons for Future Development

ISBN 10: 1447326644 / ISBN 13: 9781447326649

Published by Bristol University Press, 2017

About this Item

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Infrastructure in Africa: Lessons for Future Development
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447326644
• ISBN 13: 9781447326649
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

University of Southampton

Mthuli Ncube is Managing Director, Quantum Global Research LabLab, Switzerland. He was previously Professor of Public Policy at the University of Oxford and served as Chief Economist and Vice President at the African Development Bank Group.

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.