Paying the Price for Unreliable Power Supplies : In-House Generation of Electricity by Firms in Africa

This paper documents the prevalence of in-house generation of electric power by firms in Sub-Saharan Africa and attempts to identify the underlying causes. The analysis is based on two data sources. The UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base (WE...

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Main Authors: Foster, Vivien, Steinbuks, Jevgenijs
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
GAS
OIL
WEB
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090430142027
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4116

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