lelephone per IOO lnhabltants; one publlc belephone offlce per 10,00O lnhabj'lants in rural, areas; 20 radlos per 100 lnhablEants).-15- (b) Ihe confuEion between Decade proJects and proJects lncluded 1n naglonalplans. Lack of correlatlon ln oany caseai Dnny natlonal proJects - even !hos6flnanced by external sources such as Unlted Natlons agencles - are nol lncludedln the Decade, whlle oany proJects lncLuded tn the Decade do not feature innatlonal plans. 48. From the preparatony studles conduc?ed by experts for the various @odes onthe basls of surveys carrled out ln a large nuBber of Afrlcan countrles, iE wouldappear that, at lhe outset, on reflectlon, lt was declded !o prepare a rela!1velyrestrlcted programne for the Decade. Thls prograEee was based on an analyslsof the sltuatlon obtalnlng at the t1ne, on ongolng r€gionaL programes andproJects (EaJor Afrlcan hlghways, PANAFTEL network, etc.), and on new prtorllyproJects fon whlch the soelo-econooic Justlflcatlon was evldent. Speclal eEohasls ras placed on reglonal and subregionaL projects and on proJects con-cerning land-Iocked countrles, on the one hand, and proJecta havlng tralnlng, rnaLntenance and danageEent conponents, on the other. This rea1lst1c approachseeos subsequently lo have glven way to a nore ambMous approach. The pro-clanatlon of the Decade, whlch had caused governoenls to bel,ieve thatconsld.erable aoounts of 'rn€wrr external flnanclng would become avallable, Ied toan lnf1at€d nuober of proJects, endlrg ln a progralue ln whlch proJects ofnatlonal 1lrponlance becaoe prepondenant. 49. Thl.s trend had iwo types of adv(rse effect; (a) It ehanged the coneeptlon of the Decade, i{ith prlnary etrphasis nolonger on defining an lntegraeed progra@e wlth cohereng obJectives but on aaonelrhat ill-assorted eollectlon of proJecls ol all kLnds (some oore Justifledthan others ).
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the planning and implementation of projects related to infrastructure development, particularly in rural areas of African countries. It mentions specific projects such as phone lines, roads, and international networks, which suggests a focus on transport and communication.

**Category**
Transport and communication, Economic development