The objectives of this power market structure study is to develop a taxonomy of the existing power market structures, as shown by the extent of vertical and horizontal unbundling found among restructured...
Tajikistan's electricity system is in a state of crisis. Approximately 70 percent of the Tajik people suffer from extensive shortages of electricity during the winter. These shortages, estimated at about...
Reliable power supply is critical for Tajikistan's economy and poverty reduction goals. Without reliable, affordable electricity throughout the year, Tajikistan's businesses cannot invest, operate and...
Reliable power supply is critical for Tajikistan's economy and poverty reduction goals. Without reliable, affordable electricity throughout the year, Tajikistan's businesses cannot invest, operate and...
Before the current economic crisis hit the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region in 2008, energy security was a major source of concern in Central and Eastern Europe and in many of the economies in the...
This paper broadly follows the structure of the World Bank's Operational Guidance Note (OGN) for Public and Private Roles in the Supply of Electricity Services. Following the overview in chapter 1, the...
This Bank framework is motivated by the Athens Memorandum establishing a South East Europe Regional Energy Market (SEEREM). The aim is to outline challenges for successful SEEREM implementation, and to...
This paper provides guidance to Bank Staff on assessing the suitability of available options for public and private roles in the financing and provision of electricity, and the main steps which staff should...
The California power crisis is so sudden and serious that it is prompting policymakers in many countries as well as other U.S. states to look for lessons that can be applied to the reform of their own...
This paper addresses the World Bank's rationale for the new emphasis on power sector assistance, as it has developed in the last five years. The paper discusses the experience of the Bank with the sector...
This paper helps national planning and finance ministries, power utilities, and financing agencies improve the estimate reliability for construction costs and schedules of power generation projects in...
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the England and Wales power supply industry underwent the most radical transformation ever experienced by such an industry, swiftly evolving from a state-owned, state-controlled...
Developing countries have become increasingly interested in attracting private entities to bid on construction and operation of hydro-based independent power projects (IPPs). The output from such power...
Hydroelectricity will continue to be important for meeting power requirements in developing countries. Much of the funding required for hydroelectric projects must come from non-government sources; hydroelectric...
World development report 1994, the seventeenth in this annual series, examines the link between infrastructure and development and explores ways in which developing countries can improve both the provision...
World development report 1994, the seventeenth in this annual series, examines the link between infrastructure and development and explores ways in which developing countries can improve both the provision...
World development report 1994, the seventeenth in this annual series, examines the link between infrastructure and development and explores ways in which developing countries can improve both the provision...
World development report 1994, the seventeenth in this annual series, examines the link between infrastructure and development and explores ways in which developing countries can improve both the provision...
تبحث مطبوعة "تقرير عن التنمية في العالم 1994"، وهي التقرير السابع عشر في هذه السلسلة السنوية، في الصلة بين البنية التحتية والتنمية، وتدرس السبل التي يمكن للبلدان النامية من خلالها تحسين تقديم خدمات البنية...
World development report 1994, the seventeenth in this annual series, examines the link between infrastructure and development and explores ways in which developing countries can improve both the provision...