Spatial Strategies of Multilateral Development Banks in Addressing African Cities’ Water Insecurity

The issue of providing clean water has been designated as one of the tasks of the African Union Agenda 2063. Achieving the planned targets within this task is carried out based on both the African countries’ own financial resources and international assistance from multilateral development banks. The research hypothesis is the possibility of spatially justified financing of projects by multiple donor banks within recipient country in Africa. The study examines water supply and sanitation projects (1966–2020) that were funded by International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and African Development Bank. Using central place theory, the spatial hierarchy of projects and the level of system development have been determined. It has been revealed that if a Christaller-type structure is formed by projects from one or both development banks, then a shared structure will also be a Christaller-type. The latter, in most cases, conforms less well to theoretical constructs than a structure formed by projects from a specific bank. At the same time, a Christaller-type structure can also be formed in the case of the shared structure of two systems that do not individually satisfy theoretical constructs. A group of African countries has been identified based on the spatial feasibility of complementing projects already implemented by one development bank with projects initiated by Russia. The study identifies the minimum financing volume required for each new project in each of the 19 countries in this group