OBA in Senegal : Designing Technology-Neutral Concessions for Rural Electrification

The government of Senegal has made rural electrification a priority, recognizing its importance in reducing poverty and redressing development imbalances. A new program that combines output-based aid (OBA) subsidies with technology neutral competit...

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Main Authors: de Gouvello, Christophe, Kumar, Geeta
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7560529/oba-senegal-designing-technology-neutral-concessions-rural-electrification
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spelling okr-10986-110342021-04-23T14:02:53Z OBA in Senegal : Designing Technology-Neutral Concessions for Rural Electrification de Gouvello, Christophe Kumar, Geeta ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY APPROACH BIDDING PROCESS BIOMASS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL COSTS CAPITAL COSTS OF CONNECTION COMMERCIAL BANK COMPETITIVE BIDDING CONCESSION CONCESSION AREAS CONCESSIONS CONNECTION COSTS CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS DRY CELL BATTERIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRICITY SERVICES ENERGY PROJECTS FINANCIAL CAPACITY FLUORESCENT LAMPS GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP GRID EXTENSION IMPACT ON POVERTY INNOVATIONS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING INVESTMENT COSTS KEROSENE KILOWATT-HOUR LIGHTING MICRO-HYDRO NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS PILOT PROJECTS POOR POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER POVERTY THRESHOLD POWER POWER SECTOR POWER SECTOR REFORM PRIVATE FINANCING PRIVATE OPERATORS PROGRAMS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC UTILITIES RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL ELECTRIFICATION STRATEGY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SERVICE PROVIDER SMALL POWER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS WINNING BIDDERS The government of Senegal has made rural electrification a priority, recognizing its importance in reducing poverty and redressing development imbalances. A new program that combines output-based aid (OBA) subsidies with technology neutral competitive bidding is seen as more promising. This program has the potential to align private incentives with public sector objectives of maximizing the number of rural households served under a sustainable commercial scheme. This newsletter touches on the these OBA subsidies and discusses how to bridge the rural-urban energy divide via public-private partnerships, the new rural electrification strategy, the new tariff schedule, the OBA subsidy design, the bidding process, and funding sources. The newsletter also gives an update on current results and what the next recommended steps are. 2012-08-13T13:57:03Z 2012-08-13T13:57:03Z 2007-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7560529/oba-senegal-designing-technology-neutral-concessions-rural-electrification http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11034 English OBApproaches; Note No. 14 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Senegal
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topic ABSOLUTE POVERTY
ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
APPROACH
BIDDING PROCESS
BIOMASS
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAPITAL COSTS
CAPITAL COSTS OF CONNECTION
COMMERCIAL BANK
COMPETITIVE BIDDING
CONCESSION
CONCESSION AREAS
CONCESSIONS
CONNECTION COSTS
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
DRY CELL BATTERIES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELECTRICITY SERVICES
ENERGY PROJECTS
FINANCIAL CAPACITY
FLUORESCENT LAMPS
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
GRID EXTENSION
IMPACT ON POVERTY
INNOVATIONS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING
INVESTMENT COSTS
KEROSENE
KILOWATT-HOUR
LIGHTING
MICRO-HYDRO
NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS
PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS
PILOT PROJECTS
POOR
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER
POVERTY THRESHOLD
POWER
POWER SECTOR
POWER SECTOR REFORM
PRIVATE FINANCING
PRIVATE OPERATORS
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC UTILITIES
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS
RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION STRATEGY
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
SERVICE PROVIDER
SMALL POWER
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
WINNING BIDDERS
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE POVERTY
ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
APPROACH
BIDDING PROCESS
BIOMASS
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAPITAL COSTS
CAPITAL COSTS OF CONNECTION
COMMERCIAL BANK
COMPETITIVE BIDDING
CONCESSION
CONCESSION AREAS
CONCESSIONS
CONNECTION COSTS
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
DRY CELL BATTERIES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELECTRICITY SERVICES
ENERGY PROJECTS
FINANCIAL CAPACITY
FLUORESCENT LAMPS
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
GRID EXTENSION
IMPACT ON POVERTY
INNOVATIONS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING
INVESTMENT COSTS
KEROSENE
KILOWATT-HOUR
LIGHTING
MICRO-HYDRO
NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS
PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS
PILOT PROJECTS
POOR
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER
POVERTY THRESHOLD
POWER
POWER SECTOR
POWER SECTOR REFORM
PRIVATE FINANCING
PRIVATE OPERATORS
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC UTILITIES
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS
RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION STRATEGY
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
SERVICE PROVIDER
SMALL POWER
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
WINNING BIDDERS
de Gouvello, Christophe
Kumar, Geeta
OBA in Senegal : Designing Technology-Neutral Concessions for Rural Electrification
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Senegal
relation OBApproaches; Note No. 14
description The government of Senegal has made rural electrification a priority, recognizing its importance in reducing poverty and redressing development imbalances. A new program that combines output-based aid (OBA) subsidies with technology neutral competitive bidding is seen as more promising. This program has the potential to align private incentives with public sector objectives of maximizing the number of rural households served under a sustainable commercial scheme. This newsletter touches on the these OBA subsidies and discusses how to bridge the rural-urban energy divide via public-private partnerships, the new rural electrification strategy, the new tariff schedule, the OBA subsidy design, the bidding process, and funding sources. The newsletter also gives an update on current results and what the next recommended steps are.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author de Gouvello, Christophe
Kumar, Geeta
author_facet de Gouvello, Christophe
Kumar, Geeta
author_sort de Gouvello, Christophe
title OBA in Senegal : Designing Technology-Neutral Concessions for Rural Electrification
title_short OBA in Senegal : Designing Technology-Neutral Concessions for Rural Electrification
title_full OBA in Senegal : Designing Technology-Neutral Concessions for Rural Electrification
title_fullStr OBA in Senegal : Designing Technology-Neutral Concessions for Rural Electrification
title_full_unstemmed OBA in Senegal : Designing Technology-Neutral Concessions for Rural Electrification
title_sort oba in senegal : designing technology-neutral concessions for rural electrification
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7560529/oba-senegal-designing-technology-neutral-concessions-rural-electrification
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11034
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