Arbeitspapier

Infrastructure and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: A review

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 and make a convincing case for pro-poor subsidies. Yet, this review points out two reservations: The evidence on the welfare enhancing benefits of infrastructure investments is less conclusive than suggested in the book. The book also misses out on the recent technological developments that enable the provision of decentralized services, which might render classical network based infrastructure partly redundant in the future.

ISBN
978-3-86788-730-4
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 628

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures; Other Public Investment and Capital Stock
Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
Transportation: General
Gas Utilities; Pipelines; Water Utilities
Telecommunications
Thema
electrification
road infrastructure
water and sanitation

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Peters, Jörg
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
(wo)
Essen
(wann)
2016

DOI
doi:10.4419/86788730
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Peters, Jörg
  • RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung

Entstanden

  • 2016

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