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

This policy brief by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) examines the role of rural infrastructure in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 (zero hunger). It identifies four priority infrastructure categories and proposes diverse financing mechanisms to attract private capital and ensure long-term sustainability in rural agricultural regions.

• The analysis identifies four specific categories of rural infrastructure that have the strongest, empirically verified links to eliminating hunger and promoting food security: storage (including cold chains), decentralized renewable energy (DRE), feeder roads, and irrigation infrastructure.
• Infrastructure investments aim to eradicate hunger through two primary mechanisms: increasing food production for self-consumption (subsistence farming) and generating income to allow the purchase of more food.
• Attracting investment to rural areas is difficult because the 'business case' is complicated by population dispersion, remoteness, and high systemic risks, such as weather or pests that can affect entire regions simultaneously.
• Financial viability or 'bankability' should not be limited to assets that generate their own revenue through user fees; projects can be bankable if governments provide periodic fixed payments to private contractors for meeting contractual obligations.
• The document proposes various financing solutions tailored to asset types: for storage, it suggests dedicated funds and preferential loans; for renewable energy, it suggests accelerated green depreciation and feed-in tariffs; for roads, it suggests availability payments and virtual tolls; and for irrigation, it suggests progressive increases in user fees.
• Physical infrastructure alone is insufficient; it must be complemented by 'intangible infrastructure' (human capacities and services) and 'intermediate infrastructure' (logistics, transport, and standardization services) to be effective.
• The brief provides ten recommendations for policymakers, emphasizing a systemic approach, collaboration with end-users, the use of subsidies to mobilize additional funding rather than just financing projects, and the fight against corruption.

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} }