Africa’s power infrastructure : investment, integration, efficiency / Anton Eberhard ... [et al.].

Contributor(s):

Eberhard, Anton A

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Directions in development. InfrastructurePublication details: Washington, D.C : World Bank, c2011.Description: xxix, 317 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780821384558

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DDC classification:

333.79320967 22

Summary: Africa's chronic power problems have escalated in recent years into a crisis affecting 30 countries, taking a heavy toll on economic growth and productivity. The region has inadequate generation capacity, limited electrification, low power consumption, unreliable services, and high costs. It also faces a power sector financing gap on the order of $21 billion a year. It spends only about a quarter of what it needs to spend on power, much of this on operating expenditure required to run the continent's high-cost power systems, leaving little for the huge investments needed to provide a long-term solution.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Africa's chronic power problems have escalated in recent years into a crisis affecting 30 countries, taking a heavy toll on economic growth and productivity. The region has inadequate generation capacity, limited electrification, low power consumption, unreliable services, and high costs. It also faces a power sector financing gap on the order of $21 billion a year. It spends only about a quarter of what it needs to spend on power, much of this on operating expenditure required to run the continent's high-cost power systems, leaving little for the huge investments needed to provide a long-term solution.

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