Financement des Infrastructures Rurales : Les priorités et les voies d’accès pour éliminer la faim

The document identifies storage, decentralized renewable energy, feeder roads, and irrigation as the four key infrastructure assets most strongly linked to eliminating hunger. It argues that these assets can be financed through a mix of public subsidies, private capital, and innovative instruments like availability payments and blended capital. The brief emphasizes that physical infrastructure must be complemented by 'intermediate infrastructure'—such as logistics and extension services—and local community participation to ensure long-term viability and social acceptance.

• Analysis identified four categories of rural infrastructure with the strongest empirical links to eliminating hunger and promoting food security: storage (including cold chains), decentralized renewable energy (DRE), feeder roads, and irrigation infrastructure.
• Infrastructure contributes to eradicating hunger through two primary mechanisms: increasing food production for self-consumption (subsistence farming) and generating income to purchase more food.
• Financial viability for rural projects should be viewed broadly; projects that cannot generate their own revenue through user fees can still be 'bankable' if governments provide periodic fixed payments to private contractors.
• Specific financing solutions are proposed for different asset types: storage can be supported by dedicated funds and preferential loans; decentralized renewable energy via accelerated green depreciation, blended capital, and feed-in tariffs; feeder roads through availability payments and virtual tolls; and irrigation through investment grants and progressive user fee increases.
• Physical infrastructure alone is insufficient; it must be linked to 'intangible infrastructure' (human capacities and services) via 'intermediate infrastructure,' which includes logistics, transport, and standardization services.
• Engaging local communities and end-users in the planning, construction, and maintenance of projects improves financial viability, social acceptance, and local employment, while reducing asset deterioration through a sense of local ownership.

APA

Turley, L., & Uzsoki, D. (2018). Financement des Infrastructures Rurales : Les priorités et les voies d’accès pour éliminer la faim. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/financing-rural-infrastructure-policy-brief-fr.pdf

Chicago

Turley, Laura, and David Uzsoki. Financement des Infrastructures Rurales : Les priorités et les voies d’accès pour éliminer la faim. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2018. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/financing-rural-infrastructure-policy-brief-fr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{turley2018financement, author = {Turley, Laura and Uzsoki, David}, title = {{Financement des Infrastructures Rurales : Les priorités et les voies d’accès pour éliminer la faim}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2018}, month = dec, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/financing-rural-infrastructure-policy-brief-fr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }