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society, unionized and influential public sector workforce, political sensitivity towards Central Governments reform program … Bengal with other states in India and attempts to highlight the positive factors, which could be considered for future reform … reform and restructuring process. West Bengal had an advantage of learning from the reform and restructuring experience in …
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This paper develops a number of approaches to power sector planning that respond to the uncertainties that Afghanistan faces. It aims to provide an alternative to the "predict then act" approach to planning, which will allow more robust decision making. The paper is divided into two parts: the...
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Power Planning Associates has been appointed by the World Bank to prepare a strategy for the recovery of the National Power Authority (NPA). This Preliminary Report presents the findings of the audit and proposes potential counter measures to improve NPA s technical and financial performance....
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This paper describes the study undertaken to assist the government of Sri Lanka in identifying a path toward sustainable power development. The timing of the report is important, as Sri Lanka is about to embark on the development of coal-fired power plants over the coming years. The purpose of...
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This report discusses the energy sector in Vietnam. The central task for the energy sector is to meet demands for electricity in sufficient quantity and of an acceptable quality, in as commercially and financially efficient a way as possible. Several issues arise if this task is to be...
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The Indian power sector suffers from considerable supply shortages. The Government of India (GoI) is addressing this problem both through a major new build program (including certain fiscal incentives for construction of larger and more efficient plant) and through rehabilitation (renovation and...
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attempts to analyze key implementation constraints in hydropower development, proposes options for reform, and, notes four …
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those initiatives, this report focuses on power sector reform efforts, carried out by some Indian states in the mid-1990s …. It also aims to answer these questions: What are the main challenges that power reform faces in reducing poverty in India … international experience with power sector reform. In view of an ongoing World Bank study on rural electrification that analyzes …
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The main objective of this sector work (ESW) is to provide the World Bank and the Government of Togo with a sound basis and proposals for decision-making about the main electricity sub-sector issues facing the country. The ESW therefore assesses the key challenges facing the sub-sector and...
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