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...

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...

The interdependence between water and energy is growing significant accompany with the increasing demand on both water and energy in China. It is crucial to quantify the water footprints and total water consumption embodied in the energy sector of production and transmission for improving...

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 technology (ICT) — and to provide an integrated...