Power for Development : A Reviewof the World Bank Group's Experience with PrivateParticipation in the Electricity Sector

Manibog, Fernando ; Dominguez, Rafael ; Wegner, Wegner

Washington, DC:World Bank

关键词: POWER;    DEVELOPMENT;    PRIVATE PARTICIPATION;    ELECTRICITY SECTOR;    OBJECTIVES;   

DOI  :  10.1596/0-8213-5693-3
RP-ID  :  28042

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this study is to assessthe results of the World Bank Group's (WBG's)private sector development (PSD)-related interventionsduring the 1990s in the power sectors of some 80 developingand transition countries and to answer four evaluationquestions: (i) how have private participation and theWBG's role changed in the 1990s; (ii) to what extenthas the WBG's assistance supported its PSDE strategies;(iii) what have been the results of the WBG's privatesector development in the electric power sector (PSDE)interventions; and (iv) what are the lessons that shouldguide the WBG's future business directions in promotingPSDE. As WBG assistance in the power sector is still needed,particularly at this time when foreign investors areretreating from the sector, the study derives lessons fromexperience to inform the ongoing implementation of the EBRS.To date, PSDE practitioners have been learning by doing,with the WBG having the advantage of institutional scope andmemory. The continually evolving practices in PSDE makedifficult the establishment of convincing theories about theoptimal sequencing of reforms, although the catalogue ofthings to avoid continues to expand. Within the WBG, PSDEpractice is a moving target, making it particularlydifficult to establish evaluative benchmarks to measureresults, other than the stated objectives of the individualPSDE project and the overall PSDE program (if any) at thecountry level. Moreover, given the number of stakeholdersand practitioners (other than the WBG), as well as theunpredictability of reform outcomes, it is challenging toassess the extent to which WBG interventions were pivotal ordecisive catalysts of reform, and to recommend how this rolecould be enhanced in the future.