Improving the Performance of Electricity and Water and Sanitation Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper is a synthesis of the findings of reports that look at the drivers of performance in energy and water utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper also provides other insights on issues that complement the findings of these reports. Addit...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	water resources management electricity water and sanitation utilities
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/691761475659789656/Improving-the-performance-of-electricity-and-water-and-sanitation-utilities-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26150

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spelling	okr-10986-261502021-05-25T08:57:44Z Improving the Performance of Electricity and Water and Sanitation Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa World Bank Group water resources management electricity water and sanitation utilities This paper is a synthesis of the findings of reports that look at the drivers of performance in energy and water utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper also provides other insights on issues that complement the findings of these reports. Additional data and evidence were harvested from the analysis of water and electricity utilities in all three reports, which enabled a broader perspective on the sector wide variables impacting performance, beyond internal variables for specific utilities. The two water studies provide guidance on how to provide good quality services to customers, including the poor. In contrast, because of data constraints, the energy study was limited to a narrower but deeper assessment of operational performance in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Senegal, and Uganda. The reports fill a gap in the literature of the utilities’ performance in Sub-Saharan Africa and expand on the determinants for performance, identify the traditional and nontraditional mechanisms for reaching the poor, and highlight the critical elements for turning bad-performing utilities around. While the three background reports provide a significant step ahead (as they serve mainly as a mirror for performance assessment at the country and utility level), the reports also aimed at providing direction in the region for sector-wide improvement. 2017-02-23T17:36:32Z 2017-02-23T17:36:32Z 2016-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/691761475659789656/Improving-the-performance-of-electricity-and-water-and-sanitation-utilities-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26150 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work Africa Sub-Saharan Africa West Africa
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description	This paper is a synthesis of the findings of reports that look at the drivers of performance in energy and water utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper also provides other insights on issues that complement the findings of these reports. Additional data and evidence were harvested from the analysis of water and electricity utilities in all three reports, which enabled a broader perspective on the sector wide variables impacting performance, beyond internal variables for specific utilities. The two water studies provide guidance on how to provide good quality services to customers, including the poor. In contrast, because of data constraints, the energy study was limited to a narrower but deeper assessment of operational performance in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Senegal, and Uganda. The reports fill a gap in the literature of the utilities’ performance in Sub-Saharan Africa and expand on the determinants for performance, identify the traditional and nontraditional mechanisms for reaching the poor, and highlight the critical elements for turning bad-performing utilities around. While the three background reports provide a significant step ahead (as they serve mainly as a mirror for performance assessment at the country and utility level), the reports also aimed at providing direction in the region for sector-wide improvement.
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title	Improving the Performance of Electricity and Water and Sanitation Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short	Improving the Performance of Electricity and Water and Sanitation Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full	Improving the Performance of Electricity and Water and Sanitation Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr	Improving the Performance of Electricity and Water and Sanitation Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Improving the Performance of Electricity and Water and Sanitation Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort	improving the performance of electricity and water and sanitation utilities in sub-saharan africa
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/691761475659789656/Improving-the-performance-of-electricity-and-water-and-sanitation-utilities-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26150
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Improving the Performance of Electricity and Water and Sanitation Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa

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