Infrastructure and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

by Quentin Wodon, Antonio Estache, Kathryn Lomas, et al.

Book Overview

Infrastructure and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa analyzes the extent to which, how, and how fast the infrastructure needs of the poor have been met in Sub-Saharan Africa. Estache and Wodon explore the extent to which some key policies have hurt or helped progress in trying to speed the expansions of coverage so clearly needed in the region. They focus on electricity, water, sanitation, and other services at the core of the day-to-day needs of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137381493
• ISBN13: 9781137381491
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.6"