Power Sector Reform in SubSaharan Africa

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Introduction

   • John K. Turkson

   Pages 1-5

3. Power Sector Reform: Conceptual Issues

   • John K. Turkson

   Pages 6-25

4. Privatization of the Power Sector in Côte D’ivoire

   • Etienne K. N’Guessan

   Pages 26-49

5. Power Sector Restructuring in Ghana: Reforms to Promote Competition and Private Sector Participation

   • Michael A. Opam, John K. Turkson

   Pages 50-82

6. Power Sector Reform: A Kenyan Case Study

   • Stephen Karekezi, Donella Mutiso

   Pages 83-120

7. Power Sector Reform Experiences in Zimbabwe

   • Ikhupuleng Dube

   Pages 121-151

8. Power Sector Reform Experiences in Uganda

   • John E. Mugyenzi

   Pages 152-175

9. Power Sector Reforms in SubSaharan Africa: the Mauritius Experience

   • René Noel

   Pages 176-185

10. Cross-Country Comparisons

    • John K. Turkson, Robert Y. Redlinger

    Pages 186-203

11. Conclusions and Policy Summary

    • John K. Turkson

    Pages 204-216

12. Back Matter

    Pages 217-222

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As part of the wave of liberalisation sweeping most parts of the world, power sectors around the globe are coming under intense scrutiny, with some being restructured. This book presents six-country-case studies to examine the process and implementation experiences of power sector reform in Subsaharan Africa.

• competition
• liberalization
• privatisation
• restructuring

• UNEP Collaborating Centre on Energy and Environment, Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark

  John K. Turkson

IKHUPULENG DUBE Research Engineer at the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) and a Principal Researcher of the African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN) Institutions Theme Group STEPHEN KAREKEZI Director of the African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN) and Executive Secretary of the Foundation for Woodstove Dissemination (FWD), Nairobi, Kenya JOHN E. MUGYENZI Principal Generation Engineer of the Uganda Electricity Board (UEB) and a Principal Researcher of the African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN) Institutions Theme Group DONELLA MUTISO Social Scientist with Research Fellowships in Kenya, Ghana and Denmark K. ETIENNE N'GUESSAN Technical Advisor for Energy to the Minister of Economical Infrastructures, Côte d'Ivoire RENE NOEL Chartered Engineer. Chairman and Managing Director of a Mauritius Sugar Consultancy Firm and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute. MICHAEL OPAM Director of Technical Operations and Rate Economics at the Public Utility Regulatory Commission in Ghana ROBERT Y. REDLINGER Senior Energy Scientist at the UNEP collaborating Centre on Energy and Environment in Denmark

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