Africa meeting in london, a decision was taken to initiate a major study of the country level situation of the infrastructure sectors in africa. Simulations suggest that if all african countries were to catch up with mauritius in infrastructure, per capita economic growth in the region could increase by 2. This is the most complete and uptodate open map of africa s electricity grid network. Extremely slow internet speeds were experienced in parts of the country during several. No such hubs exist in west africa, and central africa has minimum service. Objective is to measure the transport infrastructure investment requirements for twenty four subsahara. In the context of recent pledges by the international community to substantively increase aid flows to africa and to african infrastructure. Special thanks go to unicef zimbabwe for facilitating the data collection process in country.
This is the most complete and uptodate open map of africas electricity grid network. Consortium for africa ica, eu africa infrastructure trust fund and africa infrastructure country diagnostic all highlight the importance of regional infrastructure for africa s growth. The program also took into consideration the findings of a recent major electricity sector. We identified narratives by a careful analysis of 21 central documents in the.
Special thanks go to unicef zimbabwe for facilitating the data collection process incountry. Introduction the africa infrastructure country diagnostic 31. Africa infrastructure country diagnostic transport roads, railways, ports, airports, urban transport the ongoing study reported here is one of several related to the transport component of the africa infrastructure country diagnostic aicd. A framework to approach shared use of miningrelated infrastructure columbia center on sustainable investment 5 to be beneficial for a countrys development, nonrenewable resource extraction needs to be leveraged to build longterm assets, such as infrastructure. This information is contained in the files of this dataset, and can also be found by browsing the individual country datasets, which contain more extensive information. The lines range in voltage from subkv to 700 kv ehv lines, though there is a very large variation in the completeness of data by country. Subregional analysis in the comparison of overall infrastructure development across africas five subregions, north africa emerges as the top performer, followed by southern africa, west africa, east africa, and central africa cf.
This book is the flagship report of the africa infrastructure country diagnostic aicd, a project designed to expand the worlds knowledge of physical infrastructure in africa. An interactive tool has been created for exploring this data, the africa electricity grids explorer. West african power pool wapp gis database world bank projects archive and ibrd maps there were many additional sources for specific countries and areas. This study is part of the africa infrastructure country diagnostic aicd, a project designed to expand the worlds knowledge of physical infrastructure in africa. The results have been presented in reports covering different areas of infrastructure, including ict, irrigation, power, transport, water, and. Modern infrastructure services in africa, africa infrastructure country diagnostic. Handbook on infrastructure statistics african development bank. Africa electricity transmission and distribution grid map.
Pdf this book is the flagship report of the africa infrastructure country diagnostic aicd, a project designed to expand the worlds. Pages using the property openeitooluri showing 25 pages using this property. It is also the one that has typically weighed most heavily on the national budgetwith a strong. Effective regulation was seen as key to infrastructure reform and attracting private investment it was hoped that regulation would insulate tariffsetting. The africa water vision 2025, launched at the second world water forum in the hague 2000, foresees an africa where the use and management of water resources are equitable and sustainable and contribute to poverty alleviation, socioeconomic development, regional cooperation, and the environment. Pida provides new analysis and insights to bring together, under one coherent programme, existing or previous continental infrastructure initiatives such as. Africa electricity transmission and distribution grid. Financing public infrastructure in subsaharan africa. About africa infrastructure knowledge program portal. Jan 19, 2016 top 10 countries in africa for infrastructure.
Africa infrastructure country diagnostic underpowered. Mar 14, 2017 africas focus on infrastructure is not surprising. A continental perspective 2 unless the funding gap is closed, the development of a sound infrastructure platform for the country could be unacceptably delayed by up to 30 years. Another factor is the fact that africa still leads in hull losses due to accidents,1 and still retains a. Africa infrastructure country diagnostic aicd closing africas funding gap. This will provide a baseline against which future improvements in infrastructure services can be measured, making it possible to monitor the results achieved from the anticipated increase in donor support. This study is part of the africa infrastructure country diagnostic aicd, a. Aicd will provide a baseline against which future improvements in infrastructure services can be measured. Consortium for africa ica, euafrica infrastructure trust fund and africa infrastructure country diagnostic all highlight the importance of regional infrastructure for africas growth. While our measure of transport costs is the most accurate possible given available data, it is still endogenous due to the nonrandom placement of rural infrastructure. Home africa infrastructure knowledge program portal. Africawide infrastructure bond market where the latter could play a critical role, the enhancement of africas legal and regulatory framework should, however, start now. Ivory coast is one of the top ten countries in africa for basic services.
The africa infrastructure development index aidi v2. The first phase of aicd focused on 24 countries that together account for 85 percent of the gross domestic product, population, and infrastructure aid flows of subsaharan africa. The aicd will provide a baseline against which future improvements in infrastructure services can be measured, making it possible to monitor the results achieved from donor support. Using drcs africa infrastructure country diagnostic road data2 and gis road network data on both trunk and rural roads, we develop a new data set of travel costs.
Euafrica partnership for infrastructure tunis, 7 april 2010. This study is a product of the africa infrastructure country diagnostic aicd, a project designed to expand the worlds knowledge of physical infrastructure in africa. The africa infrastructure country diagnostic aicd has gathered and analyzed extensive data on infrastructure in more than 40 subsaharan countries, including ghana. The africa infrastructure knowledge program the africa infrastructure country diagnostic aicd was an unprecedented knowledge program on africas infrastructure that grew out of the pledge by the g8 summit of 2005 at gleneagles to substantially increase oda assistance to africa, particularly to the infrastructure sector, and the subsequent formation of the infrastructure consortium for. The program was coordinated with the africa infrastructure country diagnostic aicd study to maintain consistency in indicator selection and data presentation. Perspective, africa infrastructure country diagnostic aicd, june 2011. Jeffrey gutman amadou sy soumya chattopadhyay march 2015. Benin, burkina faso, cape verde, cameroon, chad, cote divoire, the. Africa infrastructure country diagnostic overhauling. There are big differences between provisions from country to country. To address the crisis, many governments have considered concessions as a solution, and between the mid1990s and 2010 most of the railways were concessioned. June 2014 may 2015 access to the internet became more challenging for sudanese citizens as internet prices surged while speeds declined dramatically see.
Progress report infrastructure consortium for africa regional economic communities forum berlin, january 2007. Leveraging african pension funds for financing infrastructure. Files posted on aicd web site may be downloaded from. This translation was not created by the world bank and should not be considered an official. Publicprivate partnerships in africas energy sector. Cu rrently, more than 70 percent of the rail transport activities in the region excluding. The continental perspective the africa infrastructure country diagnostic aicd has collected and analyzed extensive. Aicd will provide a baseline against which future improvements in infrastructure services can be measured, mak ing it possible to monitor the results achieved from donor support. The africa infrastructure country diag nostic is an. A framework to approach shared use of miningrelated.
The aicd provides a baseline against which future improvements in infrastructure services can be measured, making it possible to monitor the results achieved from donor support. Aicd study is one of the most important sources of data for the. A road network providing adequate connectivity across national territory is typically one of the most costly items of infrastructure that any country requires. Africa infrastructure country diagnostic euafrica infrastructure. Infrastructure is the cornerstone of a countrys economic activity, and infrastructure bottlenecks stunt economic growth and increase.
The primary sources for this dataset are as follows. Northern africa western africa eastern africa central africa southern africa. Nepad short term action plan stap, nepad medium to long term strategic framework mltsf, programme for infrastructure development in africa pida. African infrastructure country diagnostic study aicd, african action. Aicd will provide a baseline against which future improvements in infrastructure services can be measured, making it possible to monitor the results achieved from donor support. This being said, some important initiatives worth mentioning include the work of the infrastructure consortium for africa ica and the african infrastructure country diagnostic aicd both of which have already undertaken extensive analysis on the situation and challenges of infrastructure in africa both generally and at the regional level. Infrastructure in conflict prone and fragile environments. Request pdf on jan 1, 2008, anton eberhard and others published africa. A framework to approach shared use of miningrelated infrastructure. Commission for africa uneca has launched a series of activities designed to promote private sector investment opportunities through ppps, by tackling the key challenges associated with these kinds of projects in the different infrastructure sectors in africa. This study is a product of the africa infrastructure country diagnostic. Africa, nairobi, kenya and aidan cronin unicef zimbabwe country office, acknowledgements the author wishes to thank all other contributors from the unicef zimbabwe country office, government of zimbabwe and development partners. Statistics manual gfsm of the international monetary fund.