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245	0	0	_aAfrica’s power infrastructure : _b investment, integration, efficiency / _c Anton Eberhard ... [et al.].
260			_aWashington, D.C : _b World Bank, _c c2011.
300			_axxix, 317 p. : _b ill. ; _c 23 cm.
490	0		_aDirections in development. Infrastructure
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aAfrica'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.
650		0	_aRural electrification _x Government policy _z Africa, Sub-Saharan. _915091
650		0	_aEnergy policy _x Social aspects _z Africa, Sub-Saharan. _915092
650		0	_aCapital investments _z Africa, Sub-Saharan. _915093
700	1		_aEberhard, Anton A. _915094
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