Power Sector Reform in Africa : Assessing Impact on Poor People
The goal of this study is to examine the impact of power sector reform on poor people in Africa by tracing the relationship between this process and certain key factors that directly affect the poor, such as access to electricity, the affordability...
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| Format: | ESMAP Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/6280208/power-sector-reform-africa-assessing-impact-poor-people http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18067 |
| Summary: | The goal of this study is to examine the
impact of power sector reform on poor people in Africa by
tracing the relationship between this process and certain
key factors that directly affect the poor, such as access to
electricity, the affordability of electricity services,
quality, and reliability of supply, access to such social
services as electrified clinics and schools, economic
development, and net impacts on public finances. The study
examines power sector reform in six African countries -
Ghana, Mali, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda -
using sector-wide data. Broad trends across the case study
countries suggest that the impacts of power sector reform on
the poor are neither direct nor inevitable. Although the
introduction of private actors may actually result in price
increases and not necessarily expand access to electricity,
reform also provides opportunities that would not otherwise
exist to improve quality and reliability, expand networks,
and re-direct public resources more transparently to the
poor and rural communities. |
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