Suchergebnisse

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- 1 Africa Looking East: An Introduction -- Part I: Debate, Relevance, and Context -- 2 Developmental State and Relevance for Africa: An Overview -- 3 Country Case Study Context: South Korea, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zambia -- 4 Governance, Transparency, and Avoiding Elite Capture -- Part II: Implementation and Impact -- 5 National Planning, Decentralization, and Rural Development -- 6 Service Delivery, Employment, and Poverty Reduction -- 7 Industrialization Imperative -- 8 Discussion and Conclusion -- Appendix I: Commissioned Reports on the Relevance of the Developmental State in Africa -- Index.

Good infrastructure is essential for socio-economic growth and sustainable development. Safe and accessible water supplies, reliable energy, good transport networks and communications technology are all vital to a region's development agenda. This book presents a comprehensive exploration of the state of infrastructure in Africa and provides an integrated analysis of the challenges the sector faces, based on extensive fieldwork across the continent. Contributors with a wide range of expertise challenge current policy, practice and thinking on issues including the politics of infrastructure development, social inclusion, domestic resource mobilisation and infrastructure financing. The book will be an important resource for academic researchers, students and early career development professionals as well as policymakers and NGOs engaged in dialoguing the infrastructure development options for Africa