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Paying the price for unreliable power supplies : in-house generation of electricity by firms in Africa
Foster, Vivien - 2009
"This paper documents the prevalence of in-house generation of electric power by firms in Sub-Saharan Africa and attempts to identify the underlying causes. The analysis is based on two data sources. The UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base (WEPP), a global inventory of electric power...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394207
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Forecasting investment needs in South Africa's electricity and telecommunications sectors
Bogetic, Željko - 2006
"The authors use a panel-data set for the period 1980-2002 to estimate demand for electricity and telecommunications services and project investment needs in South Africa through 2010 for two growth scenarios. Projections of average annual investment needs in electricity and telecommunications...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522231
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The impact of privatization on the performance of the infrastructure sector : the case of electricity distribution in Latin American countries
Andrés, Luis - 2006
"The authors analyze the impact of privatization on the performance of 116 electric utilities in 10 Latin American … the first systemic analysis of the impact of privatization on the distribution of the electricity sector. Second, it … picture of the effects of privatization on consumers. Fourth, this research covers a longer period of time, and evaluates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522126
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Small-scale private service providers of water supply and electricity : a review of incidence, structure, pricing, and operating characteristics
Kariuki, Mukami - 2005
"This paper summarizes the key findings and conclusions of a literature review of small-scale private service providers (SPSPs) of water supply and electricity conducted over a six-month period in 2003. It draws on more than 400 documents-including journals, articles, reports, case studies and...
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From the bottom up : how small power producers and mini-grids can deliver electrification and renewable energy in Africa
Tenenbaum, Bernard William - 2014
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More power to India : the challenge of electricity distribution
Pargal, Sheoli - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394045
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Is cost recovery a feasible objective for water and electricity? : the Latin American experience
Foster, Vivien - 2006
"Given the relatively small segment of the population that faces genuine affordability problems in Latin America, there appears to be a promising case for using targeted subsidies to reconcile the cost recovery objective with social protection concerns. Social tariff schemes of various kinds are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522119
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Lessons from international experience with electricity market monitoring
Wolak, Frank A. - 2005
"The author first describes those features of the electricity supply industry that make a prospective market monitoring process essential to a well-functioning wholesale market. Some of these features are shared with the securities industry, although the technology of electricity production and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522508
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Managing unilateral market power in electricity
Wolak, Frank A. - 2005
"This paper first describes those features of the electricity supply industry that make a prospective market monitoring process essential to a well-functioning wholesale market. Some of these features are shared with the securities industry, although the technology of electricity production and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522509