In with the performance of recently privatized electricity distribution companies. Governments complain that tariffs have increased without visible improvements in service. Investors contend that they have not earned reasonable returns on their investments. Both sides often express...

This document is about the private participation in electricity. Private activity in electricity in developing countries has stabilized at a modest level since 2001. Private activity also became more evenly distributed between International Development Association (IDA) countries and non IDA...