Ghana : Poverty and Social Impact Analysis of Electricity Tariffs
The World Bank's assistance was requested to conduct a Poverty and Social Impact Analysis assessing the direct and indirect impacts, as well as options for electricity pricing for the poor. Results of three different instruments (a small scale...
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| Format: | ESMAP Paper |
| Language: | English |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/6835548/ghana-poverty-social-impact-analysis-electricity-tariffs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17985 |
| Summary: | The World Bank's assistance was
requested to conduct a Poverty and Social Impact Analysis
assessing the direct and indirect impacts, as well as
options for electricity pricing for the poor. Results of
three different instruments (a small scale household survey
focusing on consumer and social impact assessments of tariff
changes, the analysis of a an existing nationally
representative household survey and a stakeholder analysis)
pointed to a rather high potential of the lifeline mechanism
to protect the poor, but also showed that the knowledge of
this subsidy and hence its coverage is much lower in rural
areas. While the poor protecting mechanism seems quite
effective, broader sector reforms threaten its
sustainability (i.e., allowing larger customers to directly
negotiate price conditions with the electricity company
might increase the pressure on tariff adjustments for other
customer groups, strain utility's finances and inhibit
or slow connections of less profitable customers. |
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