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You are the Project Manager and you have been nominated by the Programmer Director to represent

your organization at a UN Summit in Cairo to discuss the contribution of infrastructure development

in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations in Africa. During the opening

address the Chairman of the summit made these statements below:

“High-quality infrastructure is essential for Africa to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

(SDGs) of the United Nations (UN), Agenda 2063 of the African Union (AU), and the High Five Goals of

the African Development Bank (AfDB). It is needed for raising economic productivity and sustaining

economic growth. Good infrastructure has an impact on growth directly and indirectly. It increases

total factor productivity (TFP) directly because infrastructure services enter production as an input

and have an immediate impact on the productivity of enterprises. It thus fosters aggregate economic

output given its contribution, on its own, to GDP.”

EXPECTED

A. You are to provide a background situation of the current state of infrastructure development

in Africa citing examples from any of the African countries including Ghana in relation to the

developed countries looking at the various types of developments and identifying the gaps in

these developments.

B. What kind of structural adjustments and reforms African countries must undertake to

successfully bridge this infrastructure gap in order to raise economic productivity and sustain

economic growth?

MARKS DISTRIBUTION

1. An introduction detailing the key aspects of the UN Sustainable Development Goals that talks

about infrastructure development. 

2. A background that captures the current state of infrastructure in Africa in relation to the

developed countries as indicated in (A) above. 

3. A background that captures the reforms and structural adjustments that must be undertaken

by African countries to bridge the gap and increase economic productivity and growth as

indicated in (B) above.

4. Recommendations and Justifications 

5. Conclusion