Urgent action needed to address infrastructure deficit in Africa, says ECA's Mofor
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Africa needs modern and sustainable infrastructure if the continent is to transform its economies and attain development aspirations as framed in the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Africa’s Agenda 2063. In 2015 the World Bank and the ECA published results of a study on Enhancing the Climate Resilience of Africa’s Infrastructure (ECRAI). The results of the ECRAI study called for the urgent need to support African countries and project developers in building quality infrastructure that performs in both today’s and tomorrow’s uncertain climate, hence AFRI-RES came into being,” said Mr. Mofor. AFRI-RES aims to strengthen the capacity of African institutions and project developers to integrate climate information and services into the planning, design, and implementation of infrastructure investments to enhance their resilience to climate variability and change in selected sectors, particularly energy, water, transport and agriculture.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. (2017-09). Urgent action needed to address infrastructure deficit in Africa, says ECA's Mofor. Addis Ababa:. © UN.ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/39720”Collections
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