Africa's power infrastructure (Record no. 84748)

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control field ebr10468640
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control field CaPaEBR
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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
Canceled/invalid LC control number 2011002973
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 9780821384558
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 9780821386521 (e-book)
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency CaPaEBR
Transcribing agency CaPaEBR
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)729257487
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Geographic area code fb-----
050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number HD9688.S832
Item number A37 2011eb
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 333.793/20967
Edition number 22
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Africa's power infrastructure
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title investment, integration, efficiency /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Anton Eberhard ... [et al.].
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Washington, D.C :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. World Bank,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c2011.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxix, 317 p. :
Other physical details ill.
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Infrastructure
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Africa unplugged -- The region's underdeveloped energy resources -- The lag in installed generation capacity -- Stagnant and inequitable access to electricity services -- Unreliable electricity supply -- The prevalence of back-up generators -- Increasing use of leased emergency power -- A power crisis exacerbated by drought, conflict, and high oil prices -- High power costs that generally do not cover costs -- Deficient power infrastructure constrains social and economic development -- The promise of regional power trade -- Uneven distribution and poor economies of scale -- Despite power pools, low regional power trade -- The potential benefits of expanded regional power trading -- What regional patterns of trade would emerge? -- Water resources management and hydropower development -- Who gains most from power trade? -- How will less hydropower development influence trade flows? -- What are the environmental impacts of trading power? -- Technology choices and the clean development mechanism -- How might climate change affect power investment patterns? -- Meeting the challenges of regional integration of infrastructure -- Building a political consensus -- Strengthening regional institutions -- Setting priorities for regional infrastructure -- Facilitating project preparation and cross-border finance -- Developing regional regulatory frameworks -- Investment requirements -- Modeling investment needs -- Estimating supply needs -- Overall cost requirements -- The sapp -- Constant access rates under trade expansion -- Regional target for access rate : electricity access of 35 percent on average -- National targets for electricity access -- The EAPP/Nile Basin -- Constant access rates under trade expansion -- Regional target for access rate : electricity access of 35 percent on average -- National targets for electricity access -- WAPP -- Constant access rates under trade expansion -- Regional target rate : electricity access of 54 percent on average -- National targets for electricity access -- CAPP -- Constant access rates under trade expansion -- Regional target for access rate : electricity access of 44 percent on average -- National targets for electricity access -- Strengthening sector reform and planning -- Power sector reform in sub-Saharan Africa -- Private management contracts : winning the battle, losing the war -- Sector reform, sector performance -- The search for effective hybrid markets -- Regulatory institutions may need to be redesigned -- The challenges of independent regulation -- Regulation by contract -- Outsourcing regulatory functions -- Toward better regulatory systems -- A model to fit the context -- Widening connectivity and reducing inequality -- Low electricity connection rates -- Mixed progress, despite many agencies and funds -- Inequitable access to electricity -- Affordability of electricity : subsidizing the well off -- Policy challenges for accelerating service expansion -- Don't forget the demand side of the equation -- Take a hard-headed look at affordability -- Target subsidies to promote service expansion -- Systematic planning needed for periurban and rural electrification -- Recommitting to the reform of state-owned enterprises -- Hidden costs in underperforming state-owned enterprises -- Driving down operational inefficiencies and hidden costs -- Effect of better governance on performance of state-owned utilities -- Making state-owned enterprises more effective -- Defined roles and responsibilities -- Altering the political economy around the utility -- Practical tools for improving the performance of state-owned utilities -- Closing Africa's power funding gap -- Existing spending in the power sector -- How much more can be done within the existing resource envelope? -- Increasing cost recovery -- On budget spending : raising capital budget execution -- Improving utility performance -- Savings from efficiency-oriented reforms -- Annual funding gap -- How much additional finance can be raised? -- Little scope for raising more domestic finance -- Official development assistance : sustaining the scale-up -- Non-OECD financiers will growth continue? -- Private investors : over the hill -- Local capital markets : a possibility in the medium term -- Bank lending -- Equity -- Corporate bonds -- The most promising ways to increase funds -- What else can be done? -- Taking more time -- Lowering costs through regional integration -- The way forward.
533 ## - REPRODUCTION NOTE
Type of reproduction Electronic reproduction.
Place of reproduction Palo Alto, Calif. :
Agency responsible for reproduction ebrary,
Date of reproduction 2013.
Note about reproduction Available via World Wide Web.
-- Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Rural electrification
General subdivision Government policy
Geographic subdivision Africa, Sub-Saharan.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Energy policy
General subdivision Social aspects
Geographic subdivision Africa, Sub-Saharan.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Capital investments
Geographic subdivision Africa, Sub-Saharan.
655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
Source of term local
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Eberhard, Anton A.
710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element ebrary, Inc.
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Directions in development (Washington, D.C.).
Name of part/section of a work Infrastructure.
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/welingkar/Doc?id=10468640">http://site.ebrary.com/lib/welingkar/Doc?id=10468640</a>
Public note An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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