Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Africa Development Forum Series -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Overview: Africa's Infrastructure: A Time for Transformation -- Finding 1: Infrastructure Contributed over Half of Africa's Improved Growth Performance -- Finding 2: Africa's Infrastructure Lags Well behind That of Other Developing Countries -- Finding 3: Africa's Difficult Economic Geography Presents a Challenge for Infrastructure Development -- Finding 4: Africa's Infrastructure Services Are Twice as Expensive as Elsewhere -- Finding 5: Power Is Africa's Largest Infrastructure Challenge by Far -- Finding 6: Africa's Infrastructure Spending Needs at 93 Billion a Year Are More than Double Previous Estimates by the Commission for Africa -- Finding 7: The Infrastructure Challenge Varies Greatly by Country Type -- Finding 8: A Large Share of Africa's Infrastructure Is Domestically Financed -- Finding 9: After Potential Efficiency Gains, Africa's Infrastructure Funding Gap Is 31 Billion a Year, Mostly in the Power Sector -- Finding 10: Africa's Institutional, Regulatory, and Administrative Reform Process Is Only Halfway Along -- Key Recommendations -- Note -- References -- PART 1: The Overall Story -- Introduction: The Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic -- Genesis of the Project -- Scope of the Project -- Note -- References -- Chapter 1: Meeting Africa's Infrastructure Needs -- Infrastructure: The Key to Africa's Faster Growth -- Africa's Infrastructure Deficit -- Africa's Infrastructure Price Premium -- How Much Does Africa Need to Spend on Infrastructure? -- Overall Price Tag -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Closing Africa's Funding Gap -- Spending Allocated to Address Infrastructure Needs -- How Much More Can Be Done within the Existing Resource Envelope? -- Annual Funding Gap.

How Much Additional Finance Can Be Raised? -- Costs of Capital from Different Sources -- Most Promising Ways to Increase Funds -- What Else Can Be Done? -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Dealing with Poverty and Inequality -- Access to Modern Infrastructure Services-Stagnant and Inequitable -- Affordability of Modern Infrastructure Services-Subsidizing the Better Off -- Alternatives to Modern Infrastructure Services-the Missing Middle -- Policy Challenges for Accelerating Service Expansion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Building Sound Institutions -- Institutional Reforms: A Glass Half Full -- Does Private Sector Participation Work? -- How Can State-Owned Enterprise Performance Be Improved? -- Do Independent Regulators Make Sense? -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Facilitating Urbanization -- Viewing Cities as Engines of Growth -- Strengthening Urban-Rural Links -- The Costs of Providing Infrastructure-Sensitive to Density -- Investment Needs -- Infrastructure Financing -- Policy Issues and Implications -- Six Principles for Efficient Urbanization -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: Deepening Regional Integration -- Why Regional Integration Matters -- Opportunities for Regional Cooperation across Infrastructure Sectors -- Meeting the Challenges of Regional Integration of Infrastructure in Africa -- Notes -- References -- PART 2: Sectoral Snapshots -- Chapter 7: Information and Communication Technologies: A Boost for Growth -- The African ICT Revolution -- ICT Sector Developments -- Institutional Reforms in the ICT Sector -- Completing the Remaining Investment Agenda -- Policy Challenges -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8: Power: Catching Up -- Africa's Chronic Power Problems -- A Huge Investment Backlog -- The Promise of Regional Power Trade -- Improving Utility Performance through Institutional Reform -- The Challenge of Cost Recovery.

Policy Challenges -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9: Transport: More Than the Sum of Its Parts -- Integrating Multimodal Transport -- Developing Logistics Systems -- Developing Transit Corridors for Landlocked Countries -- Increasing Competition -- Revisiting Attitudes toward Private Supply and Profit -- Meeting Social Obligations -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10: Roads: Broadening the Agenda -- Road Infrastructure-Lagging Other Regions Somewhat -- Road Infrastructure Institutions and Finance-Promising Developments -- Road Expenditures-More Maintenance, Less Rehabilitation -- Road Conditions-Reflecting Quality of Sector Governance -- Infrastructure Spending Needs-an Average of 1.5 Percent of GDP a Year -- Transport Services-the Forgotten Problem -- Moving Forward-Broadening the Reform Agenda -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 11: Railways: Looking for Traffic -- Africa's Rail Networks -- The African Rail Market -- How Much Investment Can Be Justified? -- Institutional Arrangements and Performance -- Key Issues for Governments -- The Way Ahead -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 12: Ports and Shipping: Landlords Needed -- The African Shipping Market -- African Ports -- Policy Issues and Implementation Challenges -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 13: Airports and Air Transport: The Sky's the Limit -- The African Air Transport Market -- Air Transport Policy in Africa -- African Air Transport Infrastructure -- Policy Challenges -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 14: Water Resources: A Common Interest -- Water Resources and Economic Development: Challenges for Africa -- Addressing the Challenges -- Investing in Africa's Water Security -- Note -- References -- Chapter 15: Irrigation: Tapping Potential -- Agriculture and Poverty Reduction -- Current State of Irrigation -- Economic Investment Potential and Needs.

Effect of Expanding Agricultural Water Development -- Implementation Challenges -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 16: Water Supply: Hitting the Target? -- The Millennium Development Goal for Water-Elusive for Many -- Differing Patterns of Urban and Rural Access -- Financing the MDG -- Using Appropriate Technologies -- The Challenge of Cost Recovery -- Improving Utility Performance through Institutional Reform -- Reforms in the Rural Space -- Policy Recommendations -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 17: Sanitation: Moving Up the Ladder -- The State of Sanitation in Africa -- Challenges and Policy Options -- Several Common Challenges Remain for All Countries -- Notes -- Index -- Back cover.