Transport and Communications : Questions for the Future
Organisation: ECOWAS-SWAC/OECD
Publish Date: 2006
Country: Africa
Sector: Community
Method: Creative thinking
Theme: Living Standards
Type: Case Study
Language: English
Tags: Land Use, Investment, Infrastructure, ICT, Futures Creative thinking, Environmental scanning, Scenarios
Report on West Africa Transport and Communications discussin questions such as “How will the demand for communication infrastructures evolve in terms of volume?” - In the ensuing decades, the West African population will grow significantly and become more urban than at the beginning of the 21st century. Like today, the majority of the population will be young. West African leaders must anticipate a sharp increase in the need for transport and communications infrastructure. However, this increase in demand will be much greater than demographic growth, because the more a society urbanises and trades, the greater the need for infrastructure.
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