The World Banks Role In The Electric Power Sector
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Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 1993-01-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780821323182 |
The World Bank is changing the way it does business in the energy sector. This Policy Paper is one of two that outlines the Bank's new policies for the sector. The review was prompted by concern about the effects of power generation on the environment and on populations that may be resettled to make way for projects. Another stimulus was the macroeceonomic reality of fewer investment resources in many countries. And many developing countries are becoming more receptive to reforming the way energy is produced and consumed. This paper credits the "public monopoly" approach of the last 30 years with facilitating expansion of power supplies, capturing technical economies of scale, and making effective use of scarce managerial and technical skills. Nonetheless, it recommends several new policies to improve the performance of the electric power sector in developing countries. These reforms will guide future Bank activities in the sector. Bank loans for electric power will go first to countries clearly committed to improving the performance of their power sectors. The Bank will also discourage subsidies on energy prices and will encourage private investment in utilities. And it will provide financing to help the least developed countries import power where local generation is not practical. The efficiency of production and use of electric power in developing countries is examined in a companion paper, Energy Efficiency and Conservation in the Developing World: The World Banks Role . The World Bank's Role in the Electric Power Sector is also available in Spanish: La funcion del Banco Mundial en el sector de la electricidad. Politicas para efectuar una reforma institucional, regulatoria, y financieria eficaz. (ISBN 0-8213-2451-9) / Stock No. 12451 / $7.95 / Price code 007 / Spanis
Author | : Fernando Reyes Manibog |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780821356937 |
This publication evaluates the performance of the World Bank Group (WBG) during the 1990s in promoting private sector development in the electric power sector in 80 countries. Main findings include that where countries showed a commitment to advancing reforms in promoting private sector development and where programmes were properly implemented, the expected benefits were delivered. However, quality of outcomes depended on the objectives pursued and on types of assistance provided, with most countries remaining in the early stages of reform.
Author | : Hugh Collier |
Publisher | : Johns Hopkins University Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Electric power |
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The purpose of this book is to describe and extract some lessons from the World Bank's lending for electric power development, to review not only the objectives the Bank has deemed important for the success of its operations in this field, but also the policies and methods it has followed to reach those objectives, and to provide some assessment of the results. The Bank is the world's largest development agency and can reasonably claim to be the most influential. It is known to have high standards of project appraisal. It also has policies and requirements that it tries to ensure are followed in the execution and operation of the projects it finances. It has gathered experience over more than thirty years with lending operations in every part of the Third World. It claims that its contribution to developing countries is not confined to the funds it makes available but that it also strengthens its borrowers' ability to carry out projects; that is, "institution building" is an important aspect of its work. What then is the result of all this activity? What policies has if followed? How well have they achieved their objective, and what does this indicate about the best methods to develop electric power? This book tries to answer, or to provide the material for an answer, to these kind of questions.
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Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Adaptation (Biology) |
ISBN | : 0821372823 |
This first report deals with some of the major development issues confronting the developing countries and explores the relationship of the major trends in the international economy to them. It is designed to help clarify some of the linkages between the international economy and domestic strategies in the developing countries against the background of growing interdependence and increasing complexity in the world economy. It assesses the prospects for progress in accelerating growth and alleviating poverty, and identifies some of the major policy issues which will affect these prospects.
Author | : Mohua Mukherjee |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2014-10-21 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1464803404 |
Massive private investment that complements public investment is needed to close the demand-supply gap and make reliable power available to all Indians. Government efforts have sought to attract private sector funding and management efficiency throughout the electricity value chain, adapting its strategy over time.
Author | : Mohan Munasinghe |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Electric utilities |
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More people worldwide have access to electric power -- but the overall performance of sector utilities is deteriorating. Bank lending should place greater emphasis on improved economic, financial, and managerial efficiency.
Author | : Banco Mundial |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 1993 |
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Author | : Robert P. Taylor |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2008-02-08 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0821373056 |
While energy efficiency projects could partly meet new energy demand more cheaply than new supplies, weak economic institutions in developing and transitional economies impede developing and financing energy efficiency retrofits. This book analyzes these difficulties, suggests a 3-part model for projectizing and financing energy efficiency retrofits, and presents thirteen case studies to illustrate the issues and principles involved.
Author | : Maria Vagliasindi |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2013-03-28 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0821395564 |
The current distribution of power markets around intermediate structures that fall between the two extremes of full integration and unbundling suggests that there has not been a linear path to power market structure reform. Rather, many developing countries may retain intermediate structures into the foreseeable future. This possibility exposes a gap in the understanding of power market structures, since most theoretical work has focused on the two extreme possibilities and there is limited evidence of the impact of unbundling for developing countries. Power Market Structure takes a novel analytical approach to modeling market structure, together with ownership and regulation, in determining performance across several indicators, including access, operational and financial performance, and environmental sustainability. Its conclusions--which will be of particular interest to policy makers, academics, and development practitioners--reflect evidence drawn from statistical analysis and a representative sample of 20 case studies, selected based on initial conditions such as income and power system size. The key result of the analysis is that unbundling delivers results when used as an entry point to implementing broader reforms, particularly introducing a sound regulatory framework, and reducing the degree of concentration of the generation and distribution segments of the market by attracting additional public and private players and greater private sector participation. In addition, there seems to be a credible empirical basis for selecting a threshold power system size and per capita income level below which unbundling of the power supply chain is not expected to be worthwhile. Partial forms of vertical unbundling do not appear to drive improvements. The most likely reason is that the owner was able to continue exercising control over the affairs of the sector and hinder the development of competitive pressure within the power market.
Author | : Fernando Reyes Manibog |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
Genre | : Economic development projects |
ISBN | : 9780821356944 |