Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/54176 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2011/25
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
The African continent is facing the potential of a US$183.6 billion liability to repair and maintain roads damaged from temperature and precipitation changes related to climate change through 2100. As detailed, the central part of the continent faces the greatest impact from climate change with countries facing an average cost of US$22 million annually, if they adopt a proactive adaptation policy and a US$54 million annual average, if a reactive approach is adopted. Additionally, countries face an average loss of opportunity to expand road networks from a low of 22 per cent to a high of 235 per cent in the central region.
Subjects: 
infrastructure
climate change
roads
cost estimates
JEL: 
H54
L91
R42
R48
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-388-4
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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