The report describes the dangers associated with Infrastructure disruptions with its effects on household well-being, business growth, health and education. It further states that a weak infrastructure stock poses multi-dimensional effects on private businesses as well as households.

These effects manifest through: 1) increased risk of disease as a result of poor transport, water and communication; 2) higher cost of production as a result of power outages, broken roads, unreliable access to water; 3) unproductive and uncompetitive firms as a result of absence or disruptive infrastructure which impedes the viability of small and micro enterprises to start up.

The report recommends that Governments should: Improve governance quality in investment planning and design; Extending asset life by using life-cycle costing, maintenance and operation; Adopt use of new technologies to improve efficiency of existing infrastructure.

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