Improving the Performance of Electricity and Water and Sanitation Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa
This paper is a synthesis of the findings of reports that look at the drivers of performance in energy and water utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper also provides other insights on issues that complement the findings of these reports. Addit...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/691761475659789656/Improving-the-performance-of-electricity-and-water-and-sanitation-utilities-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26150 |
| Summary: | This paper is a synthesis of the
findings of reports that look at the drivers of performance
in energy and water utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa. This
paper also provides other insights on issues that complement
the findings of these reports. Additional data and evidence
were harvested from the analysis of water and electricity
utilities in all three reports, which enabled a broader
perspective on the sector wide variables impacting
performance, beyond internal variables for specific
utilities. The two water studies provide guidance on how to
provide good quality services to customers, including the
poor. In contrast, because of data constraints, the energy
study was limited to a narrower but deeper assessment of
operational performance in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire,
Kenya, Senegal, and Uganda. The reports fill a gap in the
literature of the utilities’ performance in Sub-Saharan
Africa and expand on the determinants for performance,
identify the traditional and nontraditional mechanisms for
reaching the poor, and highlight the critical elements for
turning bad-performing utilities around. While the three
background reports provide a significant step ahead (as they
serve mainly as a mirror for performance assessment at the
country and utility level), the reports also aimed at
providing direction in the region for sector-wide improvement. |
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