The crisis and rehabilitation and reconstruction of infrastructural facilities

Abstract

The nature of the current African economic crisis and its various elements have been fully described in other papers The analysis has among other things revealed a serious debt problem and the inability of most African countries to obtain funds for economic development activities. Drought has not only brought about a rapid advance of desertification and deforestation but has also brought a serious food crisiso Large number of people have been displaced as a result of the drought and other unbearable socio—economic conditions in Africa. The result is that Africa as a whole does not possess the capability and capacity both for food production and transport serves to cope with the current situation.