Access, affordability, and alternatives: Modern infrastructure services in Africa

Banerjee, Sudeshna and Wodon, Quentin and Diallo, Amadou and Pushak, Taras and Uddin, Elal and Tsimpo, Clarence and Foster, Vivien (2008): Access, affordability, and alternatives: Modern infrastructure services in Africa.

Abstract

This report reviews recent trends in household access to infrastructure services and associated budgetary expenditures in Africa. It is based on a pooled database that draws upon the entire body of household surveys conducted in sub-Saharan Africa in the last 15 years.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Basic Infrastructure; Water; Electricity; sub-Saharan Africa
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies > H54 - Infrastructures ; Other Public Investment and Capital Stock

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