Cross-Border Electricity Cooperation in South Asia
South Asian countries, facing challenges in efficiently meeting growing electricity demand, can benefit from increased cross-border electricity cooperation and trade by harnessing complementarities in electricity demand patterns, diversity in resou...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24687043/cross-border-electricity-cooperation-south-asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22206 |
| Summary: | South Asian countries, facing challenges
in efficiently meeting growing electricity demand, can
benefit from increased cross-border electricity cooperation
and trade by harnessing complementarities in electricity
demand patterns, diversity in resource endowments for power
generation, and gains from larger market access. The region
has witnessed slow progress in expanding regional
electricity cooperation and trade, and undertaking needed
domestic sector reforms. Although bilateral electricity
sector cooperation in the region is increasing, broader
regional cooperation and trade initiatives have lagged in
the face of regional barriers and domestic sector
inefficiencies. Deeper electricity market reforms are not a
necessity for further development of cross-border
electricity trade, but limited progress in overcoming
regional and domestic barriers will limit the scope of the
regional market and the benefits it can provide. |
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