African Utilities during COVID-19 : Challenges and Impacts

The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred unprecedented economic disruption globally. The full scope of the virus’s impact on human health and economic activity remains to be seen, but two things are clear: (1) the most fragile economies, and most vulnerab...

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Main Authors:	Balabanyan, Ani, Semikolenova, Yadviga, Hankinson, Denzel, Nash, Stephen, Parcels, Christopher
Format:	Technical Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC SHOCK LOCKDOWN COST RECOVERY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/683831628830335585/African-Utilities-during-COVID-19-Challenges-and-Impacts-Topical-Paper-Utility-Performance-and-Behavior http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36179

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spelling	okr-10986-361792021-08-24T05:10:43Z African Utilities during COVID-19 : Challenges and Impacts Balabanyan, Ani Semikolenova, Yadviga Hankinson, Denzel Nash, Stephen Parcels, Christopher ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC SHOCK LOCKDOWN COST RECOVERY The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred unprecedented economic disruption globally. The full scope of the virus’s impact on human health and economic activity remains to be seen, but two things are clear: (1) the most fragile economies, and most vulnerable segments of the world’s population, are least able to mitigate the impact, and (2) reliable and affordable utility services, electricity, water and sanitation, and internet and telephony, are critically important in slowing the spread of the virus. Many utility service providers in Sub-Saharan Africa were, in 2019, already under financial duress. The COVID-19 health crisis has and will continue to exacerbate such duress and jeopardize their ability to provide essential services. As the region faces its first recession in a quarter century, economic growth is expected to decline from 2.4 percent in 2019 to between –2.1 and –5.1 percent in 2020. Fiscal deficits are projected to widen amid falling government revenues. The harmful impacts on the energy sectors of the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa are expected to far exceed those on other sectors. 2021-08-23T15:47:57Z 2021-08-23T15:47:57Z 2021-08-12 Technical Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/683831628830335585/African-Utilities-during-COVID-19-Challenges-and-Impacts-Topical-Paper-Utility-Performance-and-Behavior http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36179 English Utility Performance and Behavior in Africa Today; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Africa
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description	The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred unprecedented economic disruption globally. The full scope of the virus’s impact on human health and economic activity remains to be seen, but two things are clear: (1) the most fragile economies, and most vulnerable segments of the world’s population, are least able to mitigate the impact, and (2) reliable and affordable utility services, electricity, water and sanitation, and internet and telephony, are critically important in slowing the spread of the virus. Many utility service providers in Sub-Saharan Africa were, in 2019, already under financial duress. The COVID-19 health crisis has and will continue to exacerbate such duress and jeopardize their ability to provide essential services. As the region faces its first recession in a quarter century, economic growth is expected to decline from 2.4 percent in 2019 to between –2.1 and –5.1 percent in 2020. Fiscal deficits are projected to widen amid falling government revenues. The harmful impacts on the energy sectors of the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa are expected to far exceed those on other sectors.
format	Technical Paper
author	Balabanyan, Ani Semikolenova, Yadviga Hankinson, Denzel Nash, Stephen Parcels, Christopher
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title	African Utilities during COVID-19 : Challenges and Impacts
title_short	African Utilities during COVID-19 : Challenges and Impacts
title_full	African Utilities during COVID-19 : Challenges and Impacts
title_fullStr	African Utilities during COVID-19 : Challenges and Impacts
title_full_unstemmed	African Utilities during COVID-19 : Challenges and Impacts
title_sort	african utilities during covid-19 : challenges and impacts
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
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url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/683831628830335585/African-Utilities-during-COVID-19-Challenges-and-Impacts-Topical-Paper-Utility-Performance-and-Behavior http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36179
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African Utilities during COVID-19 : Challenges and Impacts

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