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The African Project Preparation Gap : Africans Address a Critical Limiting Factor in Infrastructure Investment

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2007-03
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In Africa it is becoming clear that the reasons for the shortage of infrastructure investment go beyond the need for policy and governance reforms. But the key problem is not a lack of funding, as might be expected. Instead, it is the lack of packaged, bankable projects -- which in turn points to a need for more and better project preparation. But understanding this fact is only a beginning. African policy makers face special obstacles when it comes to adequate project preparation. Their work to resolve these problems is generating important lessons for other low-income regions.
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Leigland, James; Roberts, Andrew. 2007. The African Project Preparation Gap : Africans Address a Critical Limiting Factor in Infrastructure Investment. Gridlines; No. 18. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10716 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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