Infrastructure in Africa

Infrastructure investment in Africa, largely promoted through Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), is a means of sustaining long-term development, as well as alleviating some of the immediate adverse effects of the global economic crisis.  Regional cooperation in infrastructure investment through Spatial Development Initiatives (SDIs) has proven to support both structural and localised development, by pooling financial resources to the benefit of several countries, as discussed in this contributed article on Development Corridors and SDIs in Africa.

To encourage investment in Africa's infrastructure via PPPs, the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) has recently published Attracting Investors to African Public-Private Partnerships: A Project Preparation Guide, which advises countries on how to develop project proposals when seeking investors. Noting also the rise in Sovereign Wealth Funds as a source of capital, PPIAF has published Building Bridges: China's Growing Role as Infrastructure Financier for Africa, which highlights the latest trends in China's involvement in the region's infrastructure projects.

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Reports 

  >> Development Corridors and Spatial Development Initiatives

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  >> Overhauling the Engine of Growth: Infrastructure in Africa 

  >> A User Guide To Road Management Tools 

  >> International Road Federation Special Edition: Africa 

  >> For more information, access infrastructure news in Africa 

 

Events

>> 3rd East African Community Investment Conference, April 26-29, 2010

 

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