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Power Sector Reform in SubSaharan Africa

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Editors:
  1. John K. Turkson

    1. UNEP Collaborating Centre on Energy and Environment, Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark

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As part of the wave of liberalisation sweeping most parts of the world, power sectors around the globe are coming under intense scrutiny, with some being restructured. This book presents six-country-case studies to examine the process and implementation experiences of power sector reform in Subsaharan Africa.

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction

    • John K. Turkson
    Pages 1-5

  3. Power Sector Reform: Conceptual Issues

    • John K. Turkson
    Pages 6-25

  4. Privatization of the Power Sector in Côte D’ivoire

    • Etienne K. N’Guessan
    Pages 26-49

  5. Power Sector Restructuring in Ghana: Reforms to Promote Competition and Private Sector Participation

    • Michael A. Opam, John K. Turkson
    Pages 50-82

  6. Power Sector Reform: A Kenyan Case Study

    • Stephen Karekezi, Donella Mutiso
    Pages 83-120

  7. Power Sector Reform Experiences in Zimbabwe

    • Ikhupuleng Dube
    Pages 121-151

  8. Power Sector Reform Experiences in Uganda

    • John E. Mugyenzi
    Pages 152-175

  9. Power Sector Reforms in SubSaharan Africa: the Mauritius Experience

    • René Noel
    Pages 176-185

  10. Cross-Country Comparisons

    • John K. Turkson, Robert Y. Redlinger
    Pages 186-203

  11. Conclusions and Policy Summary

    • John K. Turkson
    Pages 204-216

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 217-222
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Editors and Affiliations

  • UNEP Collaborating Centre on Energy and Environment, Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark

    John K. Turkson

About the editor

IKHUPULENG DUBE Research Engineer at the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) and a Principal Researcher of the African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN) Institutions Theme Group STEPHEN KAREKEZI Director of the African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN) and Executive Secretary of the Foundation for Woodstove Dissemination (FWD), Nairobi, Kenya JOHN E. MUGYENZI Principal Generation Engineer of the Uganda Electricity Board (UEB) and a Principal Researcher of the African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN) Institutions Theme Group DONELLA MUTISO Social Scientist with Research Fellowships in Kenya, Ghana and Denmark K. ETIENNE N'GUESSAN Technical Advisor for Energy to the Minister of Economical Infrastructures, Côte d'Ivoire RENE NOEL Chartered Engineer. Chairman and Managing Director of a Mauritius Sugar Consultancy Firm and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute. MICHAEL OPAM Director of Technical Operations and Rate Economics at the Public Utility Regulatory Commission in Ghana ROBERT Y. REDLINGER Senior Energy Scientist at the UNEP collaborating Centre on Energy and Environment in Denmark

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Power Sector Reform in SubSaharan Africa

  • Editors: John K. Turkson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230524552

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-52455-2Published: 02 March 2000

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 222

  • Topics: Development Economics

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