Energy Security Trade-Offs Under High Uncertainty : Resolving Afghanistan's Power Sector Development Dilemma

This paper develops a number of approaches to power sector planning that respond to the uncertainties that Afghanistan faces. It aims to provide an alternative to the “predict then act” approach to planning, which will allow more robust decision ma...

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spelling okr-10986-263122021-05-25T08:58:34Z Energy Security Trade-Offs Under High Uncertainty : Resolving Afghanistan's Power Sector Development Dilemma World Bank POWER ENERGY TRANSMISSION DEVELOPMENT FINANCE GROWTH POLICY This paper develops a number of approaches to power sector planning that respond to the uncertainties that Afghanistan faces. It aims to provide an alternative to the “predict then act” approach to planning, which will allow more robust decision making. The paper is divided into two parts: the main text provides an overview of the challenges faced in Afghanistan, analyses some of the key decision problems and future development options and makes recommendations on how they may be tackled. The annexes contain more detailed case studies of individual problems and introduces methodological approaches by which they can be addressed. 2017-03-29T21:34:55Z 2017-03-29T21:34:55Z 2016-04-25 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/136801488956292409/Islamic-republic-of-Afghanistan-energy-security-trade-offs-under-high-uncertainty-resolving-Afghanistans-power-sector-development-dilemma http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26312 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 Economic & Sector Work :: Energy Study South Asia Afghanistan
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topic POWER
ENERGY
TRANSMISSION
DEVELOPMENT
FINANCE
GROWTH
POLICY
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ENERGY
TRANSMISSION
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FINANCE
GROWTH
POLICY
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Energy Security Trade-Offs Under High Uncertainty : Resolving Afghanistan's Power Sector Development Dilemma
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description This paper develops a number of approaches to power sector planning that respond to the uncertainties that Afghanistan faces. It aims to provide an alternative to the “predict then act” approach to planning, which will allow more robust decision making. The paper is divided into two parts: the main text provides an overview of the challenges faced in Afghanistan, analyses some of the key decision problems and future development options and makes recommendations on how they may be tackled. The annexes contain more detailed case studies of individual problems and introduces methodological approaches by which they can be addressed.
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title Energy Security Trade-Offs Under High Uncertainty : Resolving Afghanistan's Power Sector Development Dilemma
title_short Energy Security Trade-Offs Under High Uncertainty : Resolving Afghanistan's Power Sector Development Dilemma
title_full Energy Security Trade-Offs Under High Uncertainty : Resolving Afghanistan's Power Sector Development Dilemma
title_fullStr Energy Security Trade-Offs Under High Uncertainty : Resolving Afghanistan's Power Sector Development Dilemma
title_full_unstemmed Energy Security Trade-Offs Under High Uncertainty : Resolving Afghanistan's Power Sector Development Dilemma
title_sort energy security trade-offs under high uncertainty : resolving afghanistan's power sector development dilemma
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/136801488956292409/Islamic-republic-of-Afghanistan-energy-security-trade-offs-under-high-uncertainty-resolving-Afghanistans-power-sector-development-dilemma
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