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2013
A new report, entitled, Towards Green Growth in Africa was produced by the African Development Bank in 2012 – and unveiled at the Banks’ meeting in Morocco this spring (2013). In this report, AfDB senior economists, climate change,...
Magazine - 2013
This is an age of dramatic and exciting change for Africa, with a population boom underway and many countries experiencing rapid economic growth. The years of stagnation and decline are a thing of the past, and a youthful and vibrant new Africa is...
Report - 2013
Infrastructure development is a key driver for progress across the African continent and a critical enabler for productivity and sustainable economic growth. it contributes significantly to human development, poverty reduction and the attainment of...
Report - 2013
This report provides an update of infrastructure situation in East Africa and covers infrastructure indicators in energy, water, transport and ICT
Study - 2013
The objective of this study was to generate a ‘map’ of the needs of investors into North-Africa for guarantees and other risk mitigation instruments, and more generally into the Continent as a whole, over the next three years. This...
Report - 2012
This document was written to spark discussion amongst water policy-makers, water managers and water experts in development organizations - about the options regarding water pricing as a means for sustainably financing water facilities.
Report - 2012
The Annual Report analyses the external financial commitments/investments and disbursement to infrastructure in Africa for the year 2011. The report also presents a sectoral and regional distribution of commitments/investments for the same year. In...
Report - 2012
Is water the ‘gold of the 21st century,’ potentially triggering ‘water wars’ between countries sharing the precious resource? Such scenarios proliferated in the 1990s, but today a different paradigm is taking root. Politicians are beginning to...
Report - 2012
The paper lays out basic design options for infrastructure policy. It first sketches mechanisms to asses demand. Then it sets out a hierarchy of issues starting with choice of market structure followed by conduct regulation.
Report - 2012
Commissioned by the Private Infrastructure Development Group, this study offers a review of the question, What is the evidence of the impact of Development Finance Institution support (including PIDG support) for private partnership in...