A critical analysis of the regionally coordinated infrastructural projects in the east African community (2000 - 2015)
Abstract
Infrastructural development is one of the key facilitators of regional
economic integration, as it lowers the cost of doing business, facilitates
economic growth, and encourages Foreign Direct Investment attraction.
The EAC has been considered as one of Africa’s RECs with huge
infrastructural ambitions through projects such as the development of the
Lamu and Mwambani Corridors, to reduce the stress on the traditional
Northern and Central Corridors. The sub-region also currently has the
highest number of regionally coordinated infrastructural projects that are
being implemented on the continent, in its five corridors. It has also
completed the construction of its Arusha – Namanga – Athi River Road
Project which links its traditional corridors with a considerable number of
instant benefits. This study is a critical analysis of the EAC coordinated
infrastructural projects. Its objectives include the interrogation of the
various EAC coordinated infrastructural projects, assessment of the
implementation of these infrastructural projects, and the investigation of the
challenges facing infrastructural development in the EAC. In addition, it
examines the funding dynamics of these projects and the impacts of the
already completed projects. The study argues that: the identification of the
EAC coordinated infrastructural projects has facilitated donor financing of
such projects; the implementation of the regional infrastructural projects
has recorded measurable progress; and that inadequate funding is a key
challenge facing infrastructural development in the EAC. This study is
based on the Modernization Theory of Development. It adopted a qualitative
research methodology using both primary and secondary data. The
researcher used interview guide to collect data from 25 key respondents.
Secondary data were analyzed using content analysis.
Publisher
University of Nairobi
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