To sustain Africa's growth, and accelerate the eradication of extreme poverty, investment in infrastructure is … fundamental. In 2010, the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic found that to enable Africa to fill its infrastructure gap …

This paper proposes a framework that examines three levels of access to infrastructure-nominal, effective, and quality … fall far short of delivering universal access to basic infrastructure. Second, for most services there a large gap-3 to 41 … level of service in urban communities, and that current approaches to infrastructure delivery might be enhancing …

with East Asia and the Pacific accounting for 55 percent of infrastructure investments and Africa 4 percent. The public …The paper provides the first consistently estimated data set on infrastructure investments in low- and middle …-income countries. To do so, the authors identify three possible proxies for infrastructure investments: two are variants on gross fixed …

This study explores the role of governance in improving infrastructure reliability. It estimates that increasing … infrastructure spending and improving governance in parallel is six times more effective at enhancing transport system performance … infrastructure maintenance is as effective as 1.5 dollar of new investments in many OECD economies. Overall, the evidence in this …

This review examines the literature on the welfare impacts of infrastructure disruptions. There is widespread evidence … that households suffer from the consequences of a lack of infrastructure reliability, and that being connected to the grid … is not sufficient to close the infrastructure gap. Disruptions and irregular service have adverse effects on household …

This paper explores the benefits and the costs of strengthening infrastructure assets to make them more resilient …, reducing the repair costs and infrastructure disruptions caused by natural hazards. Strengthening infrastructure assets in low … billion dollar and 65 billion dollar a year, id est 3 percent of baseline infrastructure investment needs. The uncertainty …

consumers and confirm compliance with international standards. To assure such compliance, a sound quality infrastructure (QI … designed to help development partners and governments analyze a country's quality infrastructure ecosystems and provide …

This report provides a diagnostic and a set of recommendations for the coordination of infrastructure investments in … three main sectors in Romania: roads; water and wastewater; and social infrastructure (education, health, culture, and … Infrastructure (DG RDI), which manages the most important state-budget-funded program for local infrastructure investments - the …