By Cole Mallard ,Washington, DC

Development experts say the infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa is the key to fighting rural poverty. They say African leaders and donor nations are strongly committed to increasing both the quality and the quantity of infrastructure. Specialists say conditions in Africa today are right for sustained economic growth and poverty reduction if challenges are met and commitments are sustained.

WHY NOW?

Paul Jourdan is a consultant to the African Development Bank. From Johannesburg, in this first of a five-part series, he told Voice of America English to Africa reporter Cole Mallard that the time for investment in infrastructure is now.

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