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The Construction Cost Conundrum in Africa

  • Bah E
  • Faye I
  • Geh Z
Palgrave Macmillan UK, (2018), 159-214
DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-59792-2_5
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The chapter focuses on the underlying factors explaining high construction costs in Africa and possible solutions for lowering costs. A value chain analysis shows that the rising prices of building materials, large shares of imports, and inefficiencies in the...

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Bah, E. M., Faye, I., & Geh, Z. F. (2018). The Construction Cost Conundrum in Africa. In Housing Market Dynamics in Africa (pp. 159–214). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59792-2_5

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