The Changing Landscape of Infrastructure Finance in Africa : Nontraditional Sources Take on a Growing Role

Foster, Vivien

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AID;    AID AGENCIES;    BILATERAL AID;    DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES;    DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Africa has traditionally depended onofficial development assistance to meet its infrastructureneeds. But a growing share of the region'sinfrastructure finance is now coming from nontraditionalsources. Leading this trend is non-Organization for EconomicCo-operation and Development (OECD) financiers, chieflyChina, India, and Arab countries. While Arab funds have beenoperating in Africa for decades, China and India began tostep up their involvement in the early 2000s. Flows fromthese non-OECD sources are now broadly comparable totraditional development assistance in dollars committed. Thelargest flows have gone to power especially hydropower andrail transport.