Thursday, February 02, 2012

[IWS] AfDB [AFRICA]: THE REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT AFRICA NEEDS TO INTEGRATE AND GROW THROUGH 2040 [2 February 2012]

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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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African Development Bank (AfDB) +

 

PIDA: Interconnecting, Integrating, and Transforming a Continent: The Regional Infrastructure

That Africa Needs to Integrate and Grow through 2040

Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa: PIDA Study Synthesis Phase III [2 February 2012]

http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Project-and-Operations/PIDA%20Study%20Synthesis.pdf

[full-text, 75 pages]

 

CONTENTS

1. WHY PIDA? WHY NOW? 6

1.1 THE PROMISE OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION 7

1.2 THE CHALLENGES 9

2. A GROWING AFRICA 12

2.1 DRIVERS OF AFRICA’S RECENT AND FUTURE GROWTH 12

2.2 GDP GROWTH PROSPECTS TO 2040 16

2.3 THE SMART WAY TO MEET GROWING DEMAND FOR INFRASTRUCTURE 17

3. TRANSPORT OUTLOOK THROUGH 2040 18

3.1 FUTURE DEMAND FOR FREIGHT TRANSPORT 20

3.2 FUTURE DEMAND FOR AIR PASSENGER TRANSPORT 21

3.3 MAIN CHALLENGES STEMMING FROM THE OUTLOOK 2040 22

4. ENERGY OUTLOOK THROUGH 2040 23

4.1 WITH GROWTH, BURGEONING DEMAND FOR ENERGY 23

4.2 ENERGY OUTLOOK BY REGION 24

4.3 REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND THE UNDEREXPLOITATION OF ENERGY

SUPPLIES 26

4.4 INVESTING TO MEET DEMAND 26

5. OUTLOOK FOR TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES THROUGH 2040 28

5.1 IRRIGATION, WATER WITHDRAWALS, AND WATER REQUIREMENTS AT THE

CONTINENTAL LEVEL 29

5.2 WATER STRESS: GAPS BETWEEN NET WATER REQUIREMENTS AND

AVAILABLE WATER RESOURCES 30

5.3 THE LIMITS OF HYDROPOWER 31

5.4 RIVERS AND LAKES TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE 32

6. OUTLOOK FOR ICT SERVICES THROUGH 2018 33

6.1 REQUIREMENTS FOR BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT 34

6.2 BANDWIDTH PROJECTIONS (2015–18) 35

6.3 FACETS OF INTERNET DEMAND IN AFRICA 36

6.4 CONCLUSION 36

7. DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY: A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR REGIONAL

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS 38

7.1 TRANSPORT 39

7.2 ENERGY 40

7.3 TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES 41

7.4 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES 42

8. THE PRIORITY ACTION PLAN: A PORTFOLIO OF PROJECTS THAT WILL

PROMOTE INTEGRATION AND GROWTH 43

8.1 TOWARD CONSENSUS: THE PIDA CONSULTATION PROCESS 43

8.2 FROM STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK TO THE PIDA PORTFOLIO: SELECTION AND

PRIORITISATION CRITERIA 44

Study on Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)

PIDA Study Synthesis

SOFRECO Led Consortium : SOFRECO –MWH – NATHAN – SOFRECOM – SYSTRA – ASCON - CABIRA 3

8.3 THE PIDA INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO 2040 AND PAP 2012–2045

8.4 DISTRIBUTION AND COST OF PAP PROJECTS 50

9. IMPLEMENTING THE PAP: INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS TO OVERCOME

FRAGMENTATION 53

9.1 IMPROVING THE EXISTING REGIONAL INSTITUTIONAL AND POLICY

FRAMEWORK 53

9.2 IMPLEMENTING THE PAP AT THE CONTINENTAL AND REGIONAL LEVELS 55

9.3 IMPLEMENTING THE PAP AT THE NATIONAL AND PROJECT LEVELS 57

9.4 THE OUTLOOK FOR FINANCING PIDA’S PAP 59

10. RISKS TO PIDA—AND TO AFRICA 63

11. REFERENCES 65

ANNEX 1: PIDA PRIORITY ACTION PLAN, BY SECTOR 66

TRANSPORT 66

ENERGY 69

TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES 71

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES 72

ANNEX 2: LIST OF DOCUMENTS PRODUCED DURING PIDA STUDY 73

 

 

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