Access to Electricity in Afghanistan : A Review of Recent Data and Recommendations to Improve Utility Operations
It is generally believed that Afghanistan has one of the lowest levels of access to electricity in the world; the figure of 6 percent access on the national level is often cited. While it is certainly true that overall access to electricity is low...
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okr-10986-373812022-05-05T05:10:36Z Access to Electricity in Afghanistan : A Review of Recent Data and Recommendations to Improve Utility Operations World Bank ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS LEVEL SURVEY DISCREPANCIES POOR QUALITY DATA DOMESTIC ENTREPENEURS PAYMENT SYSTEM DATABASE INFORMATION UNREGISTERED CONSUMERS AUTOMATED SYSTEM It is generally believed that Afghanistan has one of the lowest levels of access to electricity in the world; the figure of 6 percent access on the national level is often cited. While it is certainly true that overall access to electricity is low in this overwhelmingly rural and poor country, a review of recent household survey data and updated national utility data suggests that the access to electricity is somewhat higher than has generally been supposed, particularly in urban Afghanistan. This note presents the new data and examines the implications of higher levels of access for policy makers and the managers of the power system in Afghanistan, particularly in Kabul. Recommendations to improve the quality of the utility's knowledge of the power system in Kabul follow the analysis of the survey data. The analysis of the Kabul Household Energy and Water Survey (KHEWS) data also considered the possibility that so-called 'minor consumers' might account for the discrepancy between the estimates of access to electricity more accurately reflect the actual level of access to electricity in Afghanistan and particularly in Kabul. At the very least, it would seem reasonable to conclude that the estimate based on Breshna data represents the minimum boundary of the estimate of access to electricity, while the survey data represent the maximum boundary, with the actual level somewhere in between and likely closer to the survey results. 2022-05-04T16:00:15Z 2022-05-04T16:00:15Z 2007-04 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/556611468194994923/Access-to-electricity-in-Afghanistan-a-review-of-recent-data-and-recommendations-to-improve-utility-operations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37381 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC : World Bank Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Energy Study South Asia Afghanistan |
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It is generally believed that
Afghanistan has one of the lowest levels of access to
electricity in the world; the figure of 6 percent access on
the national level is often cited. While it is certainly
true that overall access to electricity is low in this
overwhelmingly rural and poor country, a review of recent
household survey data and updated national utility data
suggests that the access to electricity is somewhat higher
than has generally been supposed, particularly in urban
Afghanistan. This note presents the new data and examines
the implications of higher levels of access for policy
makers and the managers of the power system in Afghanistan,
particularly in Kabul. Recommendations to improve the
quality of the utility's knowledge of the power system
in Kabul follow the analysis of the survey data. The
analysis of the Kabul Household Energy and Water Survey
(KHEWS) data also considered the possibility that so-called
'minor consumers' might account for the
discrepancy between the estimates of access to electricity
more accurately reflect the actual level of access to
electricity in Afghanistan and particularly in Kabul. At the
very least, it would seem reasonable to conclude that the
estimate based on Breshna data represents the minimum
boundary of the estimate of access to electricity, while the
survey data represent the maximum boundary, with the actual
level somewhere in between and likely closer to the survey results. |
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Access to Electricity in Afghanistan : A Review of Recent Data and Recommendations to Improve Utility Operations |
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Access to Electricity in Afghanistan : A Review of Recent Data and Recommendations to Improve Utility Operations |
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Access to Electricity in Afghanistan : A Review of Recent Data and Recommendations to Improve Utility Operations |
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Access to Electricity in Afghanistan : A Review of Recent Data and Recommendations to Improve Utility Operations |
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Access to Electricity in Afghanistan : A Review of Recent Data and Recommendations to Improve Utility Operations |
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access to electricity in afghanistan : a review of recent data and recommendations to improve utility operations |
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