The Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic is an unprecedented attempt to collect comprehensive data on the … infrastructure sectors in Africa — covering power, transport, irrigation, water and sanitation, and information and communication …, the following main findings have emerged:• Infrastructure has been responsible for more than half of Africa’s recent …

This study is part of the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD), a project designed to expand the world …'s knowledge of physical infrastructure in Africa. The AICD will provide a baseline against which future improvements in … infrastructure services can be measured, making it possible to monitor the results achieved from donor support. It should also …

Infrastructure contributed 1.3 percentage points to Burkina Faso's annual per capita gross domestic product (GDP … country's infrastructure endowment to that of the region's middle-income countries (MICs) could boost annual growth by more … than 3 percentage points per capita. Burkina Faso has made significant progress developing its infrastructure in recent …

Infrastructure made a net contribution of just over two percentage points to Botswana's improved per capita growth … performance in recent years. Raising the country s infrastructure endowment to that of the region's middle-income countries could … boost annual growth by about 1.2 percentage points. Botswana has made significant infrastructure progress in recent years …

regarding public spending on infrastructure services that can be rigorously compared across countries. Infrastructure is defined … supply. The guide is designed to provide a much richer and more complete measurement of infrastructure spending than the … the institutional context. Importantly, the methodology allows for cross-classification of infrastructure spending by …

Briceno, Estache, and Shafik review the evidence on the state of infrastructure in the developing world, emphasizing … to assess and monitor infrastructure needs and policies. This paper - a product of the Office of the Vice President …, Infrastructure Network - is part of a larger effort in the network to upgrade economic and policy work in infrastructure …

influx of already-planned investment on the order of $15-20 billion. Mozambique's infrastructure is well developed in some … sectors, including its east-west transport infrastructure, power grid, and water and sanitation networks. But the nation still … year on infrastructure during the late 2000s, with as much as $204 million lost annually to inefficiencies. Comparing …

To be credible, any plan for scaling up infrastructure in Africa must rest on a thorough evaluation of how fiscal … infrastructure financing, with private participation remaining limited, a central purpose of such an evaluation is to identify where … stakes are high, because the magnitude of Africa's infrastructure needs carries a commensurate potential for misuse of scarce …

To be credible, any plan for scaling up infrastructure in Africa must rest on a thorough evaluation of how fiscal … infrastructure financing, with private participation remaining limited, a central purpose of such an evaluation is to identify where … stakes are high, because the magnitude of Africa's infrastructure needs carries a commensurate potential for misuse of scarce …

Improvements in infrastructure in all parts of Sudan in recent years have had a strong impact on per capita growth … that swept Africa contributed the most to Sudan. Raising the infrastructure endowment of all parts of Sudan to that of the … infrastructure in recent years, with some notable achievements. Power generation capacity tripled in just a few years, rising from …