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Significance
With populations growing by 3-4% annually, physical infrastructure requires significant expansion. Mobile telephony has been a major success, but there is much to be done to improve urban transport, long-distance roads and electricity generation. Rising insecurity compounds these challenges.
Impacts
With populations rising fast, there is a continual need to build more schools, health clinics and other key service premises.
Efficient ports and modern transport links can bolster the cost-competitiveness and economic viability of industrial activity inland.
Rising insecurity will prevent maintenance of infrastructure in affected areas.
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Infrastructure,
Transport & logistics,
IT software & services,
Electric,
Water,
Mauritania,
Burkina Faso,
Mali,
Niger,
Chad,
AF,
SAHEL,
economy,
industry,
social,
electricity,
infrastructure,
internet,
railway,
road,
telecommunications,
transport,
water,
population,
poverty,
security
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