Africa’s power infrastructure :    investment, integration, efficiency /  
Anton Eberhard ... [et al.]. 
 - Washington, D.C :    World Bank,    c2011. 
 - xxix, 317 p. :    ill. ;    23 cm. 
 - Directions in development. Infrastructure .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780821384558 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011002973 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Rural electrification -- Government policy -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.<br/>Energy policy -- Social aspects -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.<br/>Capital investments -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>333.79320967