Infrastructure Services in Developing Countries : Access, Quality, Costs and Policy Reform
The authors review the evidence on the state of infrastructure in the developing world, emphasizing the investment needs and the emerging policy issues. While their assessment is seriously constrained by data gaps, they provide useful insights on the main challenges ahead, emphasizing that, in addition to the widely discussed access problems, the poorest also face major affordability and service quality issues which were not well addressed by the reforms of the 1990s. The authors make a case for a stronger commitment of the international community to generate the information needed to assess and monitor infrastructure needs and policies.
Summary: | The authors review the evidence on the
state of infrastructure in the developing world, emphasizing
the investment needs and the emerging policy issues. While
their assessment is seriously constrained by data gaps, they
provide useful insights on the main challenges ahead,
emphasizing that, in addition to the widely discussed access
problems, the poorest also face major affordability and
service quality issues which were not well addressed by the
reforms of the 1990s. The authors make a case for a stronger
commitment of the international community to generate the
information needed to assess and monitor infrastructure
needs and policies. |
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