community to progressively increase access to modern infrastructure services in Africa. "--World Bank web site … infrastructure services. In this paper, we use Demographic and Health Surveys from a larger sample of sub-Saharan African countries …) telephone has increased rapidly. The decline has been primarily in the urban areas while the infrastructure coverage has either …

"The paper's objective is to explain factors underlying Africa's weak infrastructure endowment and to identify suitable … assumed that Africa's infrastructure deficit is largely a reflection of its relatively low income levels, the authors find …, have the poorest infrastructure endowments. At the outset of the data series, Africa was doing significantly better than …

, with most of the contribution coming from more, rather than better, infrastructure. Across Africa, infrastructure …"The goal of the paper is to provide a comprehensive assessment of the impact of infrastructure development on growth … the impact on per capita growth of faster accumulation of infrastructure stocks and of enhancement in the quality of …

to place Africa's experience in the international context. Drawing from an updated data set of infrastructure quantity … contribution of infrastructure development to growth and equity across Africa. "--World Bank web site …"An adequate supply of infrastructure services has long been viewed by both academics and policy makers as a key …

World Development Report 1994, the seventeenth in this annual series, examines the link between infrastructure and … development and explores ways in which developing countries can improve both the provision and the quality of infrastructure … services. In recent decades, developing countries have made substantial investments in infrastructure, achieving dramatic gains …

World Development Report 1994, the seventeenth in this annual series, examines the link between infrastructure and … development and explores ways in which developing countries can improve both the provision and the quality of infrastructure … services. In recent decades, developing countries have made substantial investments in infrastructure, achieving dramatic gains …