Skip to Main Navigation

Powering up : costing power infrastructure spending needs in Sub-Saharan Africa (Vol. 1 of 3) : Main text (English)

Sub-Saharan Africa will require substantial investments in the power sector on the order of 4 percent of the region's gross domestic product (GDP) annually before 2015 if it is to meet the demands of economic development, keep pace with population growth, and expand electrification beyond the 2005 regional average of just 34 percent. Developing a regional power-trading market that exploits the vast hydropower potential of the subcontinent may be the...
See More

DOWNLOADS

COMPLETE REPORT

Official version of document (may contain signatures, etc)


Citation

Rosnes, Orvika; Vennemo,Haakon.

Powering up : costing power infrastructure spending needs in Sub-Saharan Africa (Vol. 1 of 3) : Main text (English). Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD) background paper|no. 5 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/785271468203982865

This document is being processed or is not available.