Africa's infrastructure : : a time for transformation / / Vivien Foster and Cecilia Briceno-Garmendia, editors
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Titolo: |
Africa's infrastructure : : a time for transformation / / Vivien Foster and Cecilia Briceno-Garmendia, editors
|
| Pubblicazione: | Washington, DC : , : Agence Francaise de Developpement : , : World Bank, , [2010] |
| copyright 2010 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | xxii, 355 pages : illustrations, maps ; ; 26 cm |
| Disciplina: | 363.6096 |
| Soggetto topico: | Infrastructure (Economics) - Africa |
| Altri autori: |
FosterVivien <1968->
Briceño-GarmendiaCecilia
|
| Note generali: | "Presents the findings of the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD)"--P. [4] of cover. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Africa's infrastructure : a time for transformation -- The Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic -- Meeting Africa's infrastructure needs -- Closing Africa's funding gap -- Dealing with poverty and inequality -- Building sound institutions -- Facilitating urbanization -- Deepening regional integration -- Information and communication technologies : a boost for growth -- Power : catching up -- Transport : more than the sum of its parts -- Roads : broadening the agenda -- Railways : looking for traffic -- Ports and shipping : landlords needed -- Airports and air transport : the sky's the limit -- Water resources : a common interest -- Irrigation : tapping potential -- Water supply : hitting the target? -- Sanitation : moving up the ladder. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Sustainable infrastructure development is vital for Africa's prosperity. And now is the time to begin the transformation. This volume is the culmination of an unprecedented effort to document, analyze, and interpret the full extent of the challenge in developing Sub-Saharan Africa's infrastructure sectors. As a result, it represents the most comprehensive reference currently available on infrastructure in the region. The book covers the five main economic infrastructure sectors-information and communication technology, irrigation, power, transport, and water and sanitation. Africa's infrastruc |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Africa's infrastructure |
| ISBN: | 1-282-45072-7 |
| 9786612450723 | |
| 0-8213-8083-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791133103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Africa development forum.
World Bank e-Library.