Increasing the Potential of Concessions to Expand Rural Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa

The record of concession arrangements in stimulating faster and more effective rural electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa is mixed at best: More concessions have failed than have been implemented—and among concessions that have been implemented, n...

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Main Authors: Hosier, Richard, Bazilian, Morgan, Lemondzhava, Tatia
Format: Brief
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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spelling okr-10986-265702021-06-18T09:02:29Z Increasing the Potential of Concessions to Expand Rural Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa Hosier, Richard Bazilian, Morgan Lemondzhava, Tatia RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ELECTRICITY POWER SECTOR ENERGY CONCESSIONS SOLAR HOME PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS LEGAL FRAMEWORK REGULATION INCENTIVES The record of concession arrangements in stimulating faster and more effective rural electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa is mixed at best: More concessions have failed than have been implemented—and among concessions that have been implemented, none can be considered an unequivocal success. Still, properly structured agreements can expand electrification by connecting more households to the national grid or to mini-grids. Lessons from case studies shed light on the circumstances under which concessions work best. 2017-05-10T17:53:58Z 2017-05-10T17:53:58Z 2017 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/378851494348852590/Increasing-the-potential-of-concessions-to-expand-rural-electrification-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26570 English en_US Live Wire;2017/76 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa
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topic RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
ELECTRICITY
POWER SECTOR
ENERGY CONCESSIONS
SOLAR HOME
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
REGULATION
INCENTIVES
spellingShingle RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
ELECTRICITY
POWER SECTOR
ENERGY CONCESSIONS
SOLAR HOME
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
REGULATION
INCENTIVES
Hosier, Richard
Bazilian, Morgan
Lemondzhava, Tatia
Increasing the Potential of Concessions to Expand Rural Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa
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description The record of concession arrangements in stimulating faster and more effective rural electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa is mixed at best: More concessions have failed than have been implemented—and among concessions that have been implemented, none can be considered an unequivocal success. Still, properly structured agreements can expand electrification by connecting more households to the national grid or to mini-grids. Lessons from case studies shed light on the circumstances under which concessions work best.
format Brief
author Hosier, Richard
Bazilian, Morgan
Lemondzhava, Tatia
author_facet Hosier, Richard
Bazilian, Morgan
Lemondzhava, Tatia
author_sort Hosier, Richard
title Increasing the Potential of Concessions to Expand Rural Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short Increasing the Potential of Concessions to Expand Rural Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full Increasing the Potential of Concessions to Expand Rural Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr Increasing the Potential of Concessions to Expand Rural Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed Increasing the Potential of Concessions to Expand Rural Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort increasing the potential of concessions to expand rural electrification in sub-saharan africa
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/378851494348852590/Increasing-the-potential-of-concessions-to-expand-rural-electrification-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa
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