Private Sector Investment in Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa Post-Covid-19

The Role of Law

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12455952
AutoresAugustine Edobor Arimoro (0000-0002-8698-9328, Lecturer in Law, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom; and Research Associate, Centre for Comparative Law in Africa, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town, South Africa, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume27
Fascículo2
Páginas108-126
Data de publicação2021-12-29
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPublic Works Management & Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1087-724X • E-ISSN: 1552-7549
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1087724x211059531
PMID37520403
OpenAlexW4200453015
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas35

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the lowest income region of the world with a considerable number of low-income countries. The region is challenged by a massive infrastructure deficit. In recent years, the governments of the countries in the region have expressed the desire to bridge the huge gap in infrastructure assets through a partnership with the private sector using the public-private partnership model. However, the advent of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic which has resulted in unplanned public sector expenditure poses a new kind of hurdle to climb for states in the region. As such, there is a need for governments in SSA to create and sustain efficient opportunities for private sector investment in infrastructure procurement and maintenance. This article adopted the doctrinal legal research method as well as review of literature in the examination of the role of law in creating a healthy and sustainable business environment for private sector participation in infrastructure financing and operation in a post-COVID-19 era in the SSA region. The article recommends among others, the enactment of legislation to create an enabling environment for raising domestic capital for the purposes of private sector-led public infrastructure procurement as well as the implementation of strategies suited for developing economies to attain successful outcomes in private sector backed infrastructure procurement

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Critical infrastructure · Economic growth · Economics · Investment (military · Outbreak · Political science · Politics · Private sector · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Law · Public-Private Partnership Projects · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Finance · Virology