Southern African governments, multilateral development banks, non-state actors, and sustainable infrastructure : managing changing relationships

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Bradlow, Daniel David

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Routledge

Abstract

There is a need for the countries of Southern Africa to invest in building infrastructure, for which purpose they can be expected to utilise the services of multilateral development banks (MDBs). MDB-funded infrastructure projects often become arenas for debate over the roles and responsibilities of different actors in the development process. This article discusses the fact that there is no longer a clear consensus on the relative responsibilities of governments, MDBs and non-state actors in regard to infrastructure projects, and analyses how these new tensions in the relations between these three actors could complicate efforts to develop the infrastructure so urgently needed in Southern Africa.

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Southern Africa, Infrastructure projects, Multilateral development banks, Social and environmental impacts, Non-state actors

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Daniel D. Bradlow (2015) Southern African governments, multilateral development banks, non-state actors, and sustainable infrastructure: Managing changing relationships, South African Journal of International Affairs, 22:3, 289-305, DOI: 10.1080/10220461.2015.1087874.