TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eberhard,Anton A.
TI  - Africa’s power infrastructure : :  investment, integration, efficiency / 
T2  - Directions in development. Infrastructure
SN  - 9780821384558
U1  - 333.79320967   22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Washington, D.C : 
PB  -  World Bank, 
KW  - Rural electrification
KW  -  Government policy
KW  -  Africa, Sub-Saharan
KW  - Energy policy
KW  -  Social aspects
KW  - Capital investments
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
ER  -