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Infrastructure and the MDGs

In: Infrastructure and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

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  • Antonio Estache
  • Quentin Wodon

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The only infrastructure sectors formally covered by the MDGs are W&S and the access to phone services. With respect to access to phone services, the progress in terms of fixed telephone lines has been slow between 1990 and 2011, with only nine countries registering significant increases in their numbers. This is, however, linked to the rapid adoption of mobile telephony by the population, and it has proven to be good for both growth and the poor. Technological innovation in the use of cellular phones has exploded as seen in money transfers, mobile banking, and bill payments.

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  • Antonio Estache & Quentin Wodon, 2014. "Infrastructure and the MDGs," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Infrastructure and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, chapter 0, pages 27-43, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-34848-7_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137348487_3
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    Cited by:

    1. Iimi, Atsushi, 2007. "Price structure and network externalities in the telecommunications industry : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4200, The World Bank.
    2. Calderon, Cesar & Serven, Luis, 2008. "Infrastructure and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4712, The World Bank.
    3. Steinbuks, J., 2008. "Financial constraints and firms' investment: results of a natural experiment measuring firm response to power interruption," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 0844, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
    4. Seethepalli, Kalpana & Bramati, Maria Caterina & Veredas, David, 2008. "How relevant is infrastructure to growth in East Asia ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4597, The World Bank.
    5. Mrs. Teresa Ter-Minassian & Richard Hughes & Alejandro Hajdenberg, 2008. "Creating Sustainable Fiscal Space for Infrastructure: The Case of Tanzania," IMF Working Papers 2008/256, International Monetary Fund.
    6. żeljko Bogetić & Johannes W. Fedderke, 2006. "Forecasting Investment Needs In South Africa'S Electricity And Telecom Sectors," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 74(3), pages 557-574, September.

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