Morocco charted its own distinctive path of power sector reform. It selectively introduced private sector participation …. The results have been impressive. Since 1990, Morocco has more than tripled its power supply, while growing renewable … through this selective approach to reform have come somewhat at the expense of the financial viability of the incumbent …

The challenge of power sector reform in the Arab Republic of Egypt has long been dominated by extremely high subsidies …, accumulation of arrears from the sector, poorly-maintained physical capital, and cross-subsidies across customer classes. Egypt …. Egypt has been able to achieve universal access with more or less reliable power over the entire period, except when chronic …

Pakistan's power sector underwent a substantial, if protracted, reform process. Beginning with an independent power …, followed in 1997, paving the way for the eventual privatization of one major distribution utility, Karachi Electric, in 2005 …

ahead of other elements may limit the market effectiveness and even make subsequent reform steps more difficult …

Two successive waves of reform have fundamentally altered the structure and organization of Kenya's vibrant power …-beginning in 2002 and led by domestic reform champions-the thrust of first-wave reforms was continued, with the strengthening of … independent regulation, partial privatization of the generation company (KenGen), and establishment of complementary entities …

benefits of reform from materializing until much later. The failed first attempt with the Bujagali Hydropower independent power … substantial improvements in operational efficiency and accelerating service coverage. Although the reform model was eventually …

decisions highly contingent on firm characteristics and past performance, complicating the identification of the privatization … specification (including its random-growth variant). The paper further finds that the privatization effects are significantly larger …