Power-sector Reform and Regulation in Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Power-sector Reform and Regulation in Africa write by Joseph Kapika. This book was released on 2013. Power-sector Reform and Regulation in Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Power-sector reform and regulation in Africa offers detailed, up-to-date and original research into how governments and policymakers in six African countries have grappled with the development of their energy sectors. Arising out of a two-year peer-learning process involving senior executives in the electricity regulators in each country, the book contains an intelligent and clear analysis of the knowledge and shared experiences gathered in Africa by African scholars."--Publisher's note
Power Sector Reform in SubSaharan Africa
Power Sector Reform in SubSaharan Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Power Sector Reform in SubSaharan Africa write by J. Turkson. This book was released on 2000-03-02. Power Sector Reform in SubSaharan Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As part of the wave of liberalisation sweeping most parts of the world, power sectors around the globe are coming under intense scrutiny, with some being restructured. This book presents six-country-case studies to examine the process and implementation experiences of power sector reform in Subsaharan Africa.
Reforming the Power Sector in Africa
Reforming the Power Sector in Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reforming the Power Sector in Africa write by M. R. Bhagavan. This book was released on 1999. Reforming the Power Sector in Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Today, the public sector in Africa, like in much of the rest of the world, is perceived as having led to inefficiency, waste, indifference and corruption in the provision of public services generally. The power supply sector is now experiencing a process of restructuring and reform, including privatization. The contributors to this volume, who are themselves involved in the policy process in their own countries, examine how far this movement towards restructuring and reform has proceeded in Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.Based on empirical research, the authors have generated policy options and scenarios that are bound to be of vital interest to policy makers and implementers throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Among the key topics dealt with are: the determinants of performance and efficiency; vertical and horizontal unbundling of power generation, distribution and sales; the role of independent power producers; the benefits and risks attendant on reform and privatization; and the legal and regulatory framework on which everything else depends.
Rethinking Power Sector Reform in the Developing World
Rethinking Power Sector Reform in the Developing World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rethinking Power Sector Reform in the Developing World write by Vivien Foster. This book was released on 2019-12-05. Rethinking Power Sector Reform in the Developing World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During the 1990s, a new paradigm for power sector reform was put forward emphasizing the restructuring of utilities, the creation of regulators, the participation of the private sector, and the establishment of competitive power markets. Twenty-five years later, only a handful of developing countries have fully implemented these Washington Consensus policies. Across the developing world, reforms were adopted rather selectively, resulting in a hybrid model, in which elements of market orientation coexist with continued state dominance of the sector. This book aims to revisit and refresh thinking on power sector reform approaches for developing countries. The approach relies heavily on evidence from the past, drawing both on broad global trends and deep case material from 15 developing countries. It is also forward looking, considering the implications of new social and environmental policy goals, as well as the emerging technological disruptions. A nuanced picture emerges. Although regulation has been widely adopted, practice often falls well short of theory, and cost recovery remains an elusive goal. The private sector has financed a substantial expansion of generation capacity; yet, its contribution to power distribution has been much more limited, with efficiency levels that can sometimes be matched by well-governed public utilities. Restructuring and liberalization have been beneficial in a handful of larger middle-income nations but have proved too complex for most countries to implement. Based on these findings, the report points to three major policy implications. First, reform efforts need to be shaped by the political and economic context of the country. The 1990s reform model was most successful in countries that had reached certain minimum conditions of power sector development and offered a supportive political environment. Second, countries found alternative institutional pathways to achieving good power sector outcomes, making a case for greater pluralism. Among the top performers, some pursued the full set of market-oriented reforms, while others retained a more important role for the state. Third, reform efforts should be driven and tailored to desired policy outcomes and less preoccupied with following a predetermined process, particularly since the twenty-first-century century agenda has added decarbonization and universal access to power sector outcomes. The Washington Consensus reforms, while supportive of the twenty-first-century century agenda, will not be able to deliver on them alone and will require complementary policy measures
Political Economy of Reform and Regulation in the Electricity Sector of Sub-Saharan Africa
Political Economy of Reform and Regulation in the Electricity Sector of Sub-Saharan Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Political Economy of Reform and Regulation in the Electricity Sector of Sub-Saharan Africa write by Mahmud I. Imam. This book was released on 2020. Political Economy of Reform and Regulation in the Electricity Sector of Sub-Saharan Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As part of electricity sector reforms, Sub-Saharan African countries have established independent regulatory agencies to signal legal and political commitment to end selfregulation and provision of service by the state. The reforms aimed to encourage private investments, improve efficiency, and extend the service to the millions who lacked the service. However, after nearly two and half decades of reforms, these expectations have not been met and the electricity sectors of these countries remain undeveloped. There are anecdotes that these outcomes are due to poor design, non-credible, unpredictable regulations, and political interference. This paper studies the performance of the reforms in the context of government political ideology. We use a dynamic panel estimator and data from 45 Sub-Saharan African countries to investigate ideological differences in the effect of independent sector regulation on access to electricity and installed capacity. We find negative impact from independent regulation on installed capacity in countries with leftwing governments while we find a positive effect in countries with right-wing governments. Moreover, we find negative impact on electricity access in countries with left-wing governments. These results have interesting policy implications for attracting private sector participation to increase generation capacity and access rates especially in countries with left-wing governments.
