This paper reviews the book “Infrastructure and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa” by Antonio Estache and Quentin Wodon …. The authors summarize the political debate on infrastructure policy in Africa in a very compelling and knowledgeable way … welfare enhancing benefits of infrastructure investments is less conclusive than suggested in the book. The book also misses …

Too often, services fail poor people-in access, in quality, and in affordability. But the fact that there are striking …

accessibility, and affordability negatively and increased displacements. Evidence from the study also show that water privatisation …