Download or read book International Development Association sixth replenishment and African Development Bank membership written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on International Development Institutions and Finance and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Africa s Infrastructure written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable infrastructure development is vital for Africa s prosperity. And now is the time to begin the transformation. This volume is the culmination of an unprecedented effort to document, analyze, and interpret the full extent of the challenge in developing Sub-Saharan Africa s infrastructure sectors. As a result, it represents the most comprehensive reference currently available on infrastructure in the region. The book covers the five main economic infrastructure sectors information and communication technology, irrigation, power, transport, and water and sanitation. 'Africa s Infrastructure: A Time for Transformation' reflects the collaboration of a wide array of African regional institutions and development partners under the auspices of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa. It presents the findings of the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD), a project launched following a commitment in 2005 by the international community (after the G8 summit at Gleneagles, Scotland) to scale up financial support for infrastructure development in Africa. The lack of reliable information in this area made it difficult to evaluate the success of past interventions, prioritize current allocations, and provide benchmarks for measuring future progress, hence the need for the AICD. Africa s infrastructure sectors lag well behind those of the rest of the world, and the gap is widening. Some of the main policy-relevant findings highlighted in the book include the following: infrastructure in the region is exceptionally expensive, with tariffs being many times higher than those found elsewhere. Inadequate and expensive infrastructure is retarding growth by 2 percentage points each year. Solving the problem will cost over US$90 billion per year, which is more than twice what is being spent in Africa today. However, money alone is not the answer. Prudent policies, wise management, and sound maintenance can improve efficiency, thereby stretching the infrastructure dollar. There is the potential to recover an additional US$17 billion a year from within the existing infrastructure resource envelope simply by improving efficiency. For example, improved revenue collection and utility management could generate US$3.3 billion per year. Regional power trade could reduce annual costs by US$2 billion. And deregulating the trucking industry could reduce freight costs by one-half. So, raising more funds without also tackling inefficiencies would be like pouring water into a leaking bucket. Finally, the power sector and fragile states represent particular challenges. Even if every efficiency in every infrastructure sector could be captured, a substantial funding gap of $31 billion a year would remain. Nevertheless, the African people and economies cannot wait any longer. Now is the time to begin the transformation to sustainable development.

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Download or read book Reauthorization requests on U S participation in the International Development Association and the African Development Bank written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report to the President and to the Congress for Fiscal Year written by National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Statistical Appendix to Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances written by United States. Department of the Treasury and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1977 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 1182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Further Urgent Supplemental Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1975 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 2192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Replenishment Authorizations for the World Bank s International Development Association the Asian Development Fund and the African Development Fund written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book DFID and the African Development Bank Report together with formal minutes written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department for International Development's (DFID) recent doubling of support to the African Development Bank (AfDB) is an affirmation of early successes in the Bank's reform programme. The Bank's President Donald Kaberuka and his staff are overseeing critical changes-notably the decentralisation and 'results' agendas-that will help the AfDB fulfil its potential as the driver of development in Africa. Record donor support pledged under the eleventh replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF 11) must be supported by maximising the effectiveness of AfDB strategies. Infrastructure investments must do more to build local industry and capacity. Compliance with global transparency benchmarks must be a pre-requisite for AfDB financing of extractive industry projects. DFID has influenced many of the most significant reforms to the Bank and deserves credit for this. It must now keep a watchful eye on the implementation of these reforms. DFID should argue for a reconfigured Board structure that enables the leverage of DFID and other major donors at the Bank to be commensurate with their increasing contributions to the institution. DFID must help ensure that both the Bank's key performance indicators and the extent to which its own objectives are being met are rigorously assessed. The Bank has the potential to become a regional leader. DFID must continue its worthwhile and highly creditable support to ensure the institution fulfils this promise.

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