Political Economy Of Reform And Regulation In The Electricity Sector Of Sub Saharan Africa
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Author | : Mahmud I. Imam |
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As part of electricity sector reforms, Sub-Saharan African countries have established independent regulatory agencies to signal legal and political commitment to end selfregulation and provision of service by the state. The reforms aimed to encourage private investments, improve efficiency, and extend the service to the millions who lacked the service. However, after nearly two and half decades of reforms, these expectations have not been met and the electricity sectors of these countries remain undeveloped. There are anecdotes that these outcomes are due to poor design, non-credible, unpredictable regulations, and political interference. This paper studies the performance of the reforms in the context of government political ideology. We use a dynamic panel estimator and data from 45 Sub-Saharan African countries to investigate ideological differences in the effect of independent sector regulation on access to electricity and installed capacity. We find negative impact from independent regulation on installed capacity in countries with leftwing governments while we find a positive effect in countries with right-wing governments. Moreover, we find negative impact on electricity access in countries with left-wing governments. These results have interesting policy implications for attracting private sector participation to increase generation capacity and access rates especially in countries with left-wing governments.
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Author | : K. Bayliss |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2007-11-12 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0230286410 |
Download Privatization and Alternative Public Sector Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
it is increasingly apparent that the privatization experiment in sub-Saharan Africa has failed. This book shows that the state is set to dominate service delivery for the foreseeable future in much of the region, and that the public sector must be considered as a viable policy option for the delivery of water and electricity.
Author | : Lucky E. Asuelime |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2017-09-29 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 135167210X |
Download The Political Economy of Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A deepening ecological crisis is rearing its head in sub-Saharan Africa, as it faces a myriad of challenges in regards to the development of its energy sector. The ‘dirty now and clean up later’ approach to the environment has a strong appeal, particularly because it is often thought of as the last place to try to edge in another priority - especially if that priority is perceived by many to be an economic luxury. Asuelime and Okem bring together a team of specialist contributors who investigate to what extent sub-Saharan Africa has displayed foresight or politico-economic integrity. The book shows the state’s ability to meet the demands of provision of energy in sub-Saharan Africa has led to heavy investments in infrastructure, transmission and distribution of energy to the citizens. However, the inefficiencies, corruption and unhealthy bureaucratic challenges that accompany this have led urgent problems, which will be thoroughly explored in this book. The Political Economy of Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa will be of interest to students and scholars of African Studies, Development Studies, political science and environment.
Author | : Ishmael Ackah |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 631 |
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ISBN | : 3031526775 |
Download Energy Regulation in Africa Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : J. Turkson |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2000-03-02 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0230524559 |
Download Power Sector Reform in SubSaharan Africa Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
As part of the wave of liberalisation sweeping most parts of the world, power sectors around the globe are coming under intense scrutiny, with some being restructured. This book presents six-country-case studies to examine the process and implementation experiences of power sector reform in Subsaharan Africa.
Author | : Tooraj Jamasb |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 78 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Electric power |
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Download Electricity Sector Reform in Developing Countries Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"Driven by ideology, economic reasoning, and early success stories, vast amounts of financial resources and effort have been spent on reforming infrastructure industries in developing countries. It is therefore important to examine whether evidence supports the logic of reforms. The authors review the empirical evidence on electricity reform in developing countries. They find that country institutions and sector governance play an important role in the success and failure of reform. And reforms also appear to have increased operating efficiency and expanded access to urban customers. However, the reforms have to a lesser degree passed on efficiency gains to customers, tackled distributional effects, and improved rural access. Moreover, some of the literature is not methodologically robust and on par with general development economics literature. Further, findings on some issues are limited and inconclusive, while other important areas are yet to be addressed. Until we know more, implementation of reforms will be more based on ideology and economic theory rather than solid economic evidence. "--World Bank web site.
Author | : David G. Victor |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 15 |
Release | : 2007-02-08 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 113946079X |
Download The Political Economy of Power Sector Reform Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Over the last fifteen years the world's largest developing countries have initiated market reform in their electric power sectors from generation to distribution. This book evaluates the experiences of five of those countries - Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa - as they have shifted from state-dominated systems to schemes allowing for a larger private sector role. As well as having the largest power systems in their regions and among the most rapidly rising consumption of electricity in the world, these countries are the locus of massive financial investment and the effects of their power systems are increasingly felt in world fuel markets. This accessible volume explains the origins of these reform efforts and offers a theory as to why - despite diverse backgrounds - reform efforts in all five countries have stalled in similar ways. The authors also offer practical advice to improve reform policies.
Author | : M. R. Bhagavan |
Publisher | : Zed Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Electric power |
ISBN | : 9781856496681 |
Download Reforming the Power Sector in Africa Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Today, the public sector in Africa, like in much of the rest of the world, is perceived as having led to inefficiency, waste, indifference and corruption in the provision of public services generally. The power supply sector is now experiencing a process of restructuring and reform, including privatization. The contributors to this volume, who are themselves involved in the policy process in their own countries, examine how far this movement towards restructuring and reform has proceeded in Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.Based on empirical research, the authors have generated policy options and scenarios that are bound to be of vital interest to policy makers and implementers throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Among the key topics dealt with are: the determinants of performance and efficiency; vertical and horizontal unbundling of power generation, distribution and sales; the role of independent power producers; the benefits and risks attendant on reform and privatization; and the legal and regulatory framework on which everything else depends.
Author | : Naaborle Sackeyfio |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2017-09-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 3319601229 |
Download Energy Politics and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book addresses the paradox of uneven electricity in one of the fastest growing and now petro rich economies, Ghana, by addressing the question of why one of the most hydro rich countries in sub-Saharan Africa produces irregular access for all but ‘swing’ voter regions of the country. The book questions why targeted rural electricity initiatives over the course of the last two decades have yielded uneven benefits for what is a substantial portion of the country’s population. Using Ghana as an emblematic case-study that speaks to broader regional concerns, including those of Nigeria and South Africa, this book contextualizes the variegated nature of how power sector reforms could not be undertaken without significant political costs. Indeed, the book situates an unfolding political landscape that prompted the successful but partial implementation of power sector reforms in part prompted by the Washington consensus and undergirded by a shrinking role for the state in the wider economy.