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...

Which is best for effective competition in power sectors, a separate system operator, a joint-owner operator, or some combination of the two? The question is being hotly debated among power reformers. The answer? Both types of system operators can be made to work, singly or in combination. What...

More than twenty countries are now reforming their power sectors. For many politicians, this reform means simply restructuring and privatizing state-owned enterprises. But, what they forget or may not know is that a government cannot regulate private power companies the way it once regulated...