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Malgas, Isaac. "Power sector reform in Africa : the paradox of hybrid markets." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8961.
Full textFor many countries in Africa, power sectors in are characterised by insufficient generation capacity. Due to poor financial and operational performances, many state-owned utilities have had inadequate financial reserves to invest in additional generation capacity. Governments, too, have experienced difficulty in financing generation expansions as a result of the reduction in loans from traditional financiers of infrastructure. Reforms to address poor performances in the 1990s, in part, focused on introducing private sector participation to the power sector at the generation level through independent power projects. It was anticipated that independent power producers would provide benchmarks for state-owned utilities and enable longer term power sector efficiency. Reform in this sector followed a prescribed evolution towards power markets that would allow wholesale competition amongst generators and so lead towards efficiency improvements. Despite reforms being embarked on in many African states, competitive power markets have not been established in Africa; rather, the result has been the emergence of hybrid markets where state-owned generators and IPPs operate devoid of competition; and although IPPs have emerged in a number of African power sectors, many countries still do not have sufficient generation to meet their electricity demands. This thesis investigates the development of private generation power projects in Africa by analysing data collected from both primary and secondary sources in four case studies of power sectors in Ghana, Cote d'lvoire, Morocco and Tunisia. The thesis identities and describes the factors that have contributed to a lack of investment and shortages in generation capacity in hybrid markets exploring how policy, regulatory and institutional frameworks have contributed to this situation. It also investigates how planning and procurement challenges have led to difficulties in adding sufficient generation capacity in a timely manner, exacerbating the problem of insufficient generation capacity in Africa. Finally, the dissertation provides suggestions as to how these frameworks could respond more effectively to the capacity challenges faced by hybrid electricity generation markets, and how broader power sector reforms should be guided to reflect the challenges of hybrid markets better.
Sareen, Eklavya. "The performance, regulation and reform of the power sector in India." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.285653.
Full textNoyes, Alexander Hale. "Securing reform? : post-election power sharing and security sector reform in Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Togo, 2006-2013." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d49f7715-486e-444f-ada3-ac82ff96db0b.
Full textKurdgelashvili, Lado. "Designing effective power sector reform a road map for the republic of Georgia /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 329 p, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1654495131&sid=7&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
Full textOndoro, Nicholas Otieno. "The Police Reform Process in Kenya, 2008-2014: A Case Study of Security Sector Reform in Societies Emerging From Crisis." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/12762.
Full textTasie, Oyinkansola. "Expanding access to electricity for sustainable development in Nigeria : an analysis of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act 2005." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2014. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=210754.
Full textChoga, Howard. "The reform of the electricity supply industry in Zimbabwe and its impact on power sector investments since 2002." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29084.
Full textDixon, Dorothea Elizabeth. "A comparative international review of power sector reform and its impact on access to electricity by poor communities." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6741.
Full textSince the early 1980's, a number of countries have been undertaking power sector reform. Very often the drivers for change included the need to reduce reliance on public finances and to obtain foreign capital, either to service loans, or for investing in new capacity. Latin American countries were the forerunners in this regard, with Chile amongst the first. The other main driver was to improve the financial and technical performance of the electricity industry. The rationale for this initiative could also be found in other factors, which are discussed as the countries are dealt with individually later in this document. One important aspect thereof is clearly the 'public benefit' implications of power sector reform, which are more pressing in developing countries. Until the 1980's, the electricity industry was viewed as a natural monopoly, and the concept of economies of scale reinforced this point of view. However, with dramatic technology improvements, it became possible to generate electricity competitively in smaller power plants, and thus alternatives to monopolistic industries were increasingly feasible. Competition is now possible in generation and supply. Developers other than the state can participate in the industry either as Independent Power Producers (IPPs) or as distributors and suppliers of electricity. According to the principle of competition, the introduction of new players into the market should lower electricity prices. This study investigates if this holds true in developing countries and whether power sector reform slows down or accelerates electrification access for the poor.
Petrakaki, Dimitra. "Power/knowledge and legitimacy in the context of public sector reform : the case of an e-government initiative in Greece." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.502600.
Full textAjayi, Victor A. "Essays on deregulation in the electricity generation sector." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2017. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/27614.
Full textLouth, John. "A low dishonest decade ... : smart acquisition and defence procurement into the new millennium." Thesis, Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10369/944.
Full textArowolo, Adewale. "What Market Design and Regulation for the Nigeria Power sector ?" Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019SACLS045.
Full textThe Nigeria Power sector reform was performed in the year 2010-2013 but has been adjudged unsuccessful by most stakeholders. The failure of the reform is evidenced by a myriad of seemingly insurmountable economic, institutional, technical, financial and socio-political challenges. This thesis aims to propose workable solutions to the challenges in the Nigeria Power sector (ex-post) reform from the field of market design and regulation in energy economics. It finds incomplete privatization coupled with the horizontal integration of the transmission and network operations, underdeveloped gas supply infrastructure and the ineffective/weak regulatory framework as the root causes of the reform failure. Thus, it recommends strengthening the regulatory framework as a good starting point to resolve sectoral problems (ex-post) reform.Furthermore, it argues that reverse auction has the potential to be successful in Nigeria with well-designed market variables and provides the market design variables adaptable to the Nigeria case to achieve a successful auction run. It also argues that these variables should be built on a foundation of a robust institutional and regulatory framework to be successful. It thus recommends designing reverse auctions for offgrid/minigrid solar PV plus storage technology as a potential solution to increase power access and attract investment and also discussed the pathway to adapt the design to the existing market/regulatory framework. In addition, it applied and combined Geographical Information System (GIS), energy system optimization tool and market/regulation knowledge to bridge some knowledge gap in the Nigeria Power sector. It identified the most populated consumer clusters without electricity access, made load demand projections and determined the techno-economically optimized PV plus battery storage sizes to achieve high quality power supply with some demand side management. Furthermore, it analyzed the land requirements/availability to achieve a shortlist of 233 clusters with 7.2 million people that require 3,280 MW solar PV for the proposed auction. Finally, it discussed the pathway to adapt the proposed solar PV plus storage auction design to the existing market/regulatory framework
Simasiku, Mirriam. "Power sector reforms and the poor : case study of Zambia." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6711.
Full textGboney, William. "Econometric assessment of the impact of power sector reforms in Africa : a study of the generation, transmission and distribution sectors." Thesis, City University London, 2009. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/11922/.
Full textShirima, Hieromini Ireneus. "Power sector reforms and regulation in selected Eastern and Southern Africa countries." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10800.
Full textThe objective of this thesis is to undertake a comparative review of the power sector reforms and regulation in seven eastern and southern African countries, namely Uganda, Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Swaziland and Tanzania.
Mula, Masauko. "Power sector reforms and regulation in selected countries of Central and Southern Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4971.
Full textMachingauta, Naison. "A legal analysis of the appointment of caretakers to act as council in terms of Zimbabwe's section 80 of the Urban councils Act." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2565.
Full textThe monitoring and supervision of local government is usually done by central governments. However in some countries like South Africa where there three spheres of government the provincial executive is charged with the supervision of the local sphere of government. In Zimbabwe the monitoring and supervision of local government is done by the central government through the relevant Minister. This study will look at the appointment of a caretaker to act as council in terms of section 80 of the UCA. Although a similar provision exists in section 158 of the RDCA, it is section 80 that has been vigorously applied by the Minister in recent times and which has caused an outcry from urban local authorities.
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Gore, Christopher D. "Power and Process: The Politics of Electricity Sector Reform in Uganda." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/11110.
Full textDornan, Matthew. "Renewable technologies for energy security: institutions and investment in Fiji's electricity sector." Phd thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/10298.
Full textSri, Perini Praveena. "Power sector reforms and its impact on power tariff- An experience of Andhra Pradesh." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2009/1101.
Full textGunn, Calum Ian Maxwell. "Efficient and "fair" pricing under New Zealand’s power distribution sector reforms : a model of intertemporal cross subsidies and economic depreciation." 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/351.
Full textMachingauta, Naison. "A legal analysis of the appointment of caretakers to act as council in terms of Zimbabweâs section 80 of the Urban councils Act." Thesis, 2009. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_8829_1306483246.
Full textThe monitoring and supervision of local government is usually done by central governments. However in some countries like South Africa where there three spheres of government the provincial executive is charged with the supervision of the local sphere of government. In Zimbabwe the monitoring and supervision of local government is done by the central government through the relevant Minister. This study will look at the appointment of a caretaker to act as council in terms of section 80 of the UCA. Although a similar provision exists in section 158 of the RDCA, it is section 80 that has been vigorously applied by the Minister in recent times and which has caused an outcry from urban local authorities.
Gaspar, Carlos Pedro Marques. "Comparação dos processos orçamentais: o caso de Portugal nos países da OCDE." Master's thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/10799.
Full textThis dissertation seeks to reflect on the budgetary process and its most crucial stages. Firstly, there is a presentation of concepts that is further completed with the presentation of the current experiences in a relevant number of countries. This theoretical analysis, supplemented with budgetary practices will form a solid idea about the reality. The comparison of different regula-tory, socio-cultural, economic, financial and political realities solidifies the analysis. The investigation aims to learn from different practices looking for what is in greater disso-nance with the Portuguese reality. These differences may be a subject of improvement in search of a more resilient budgetary system. The present paper is structured in three chapters. The first chapter presents the specific characteristics and the legal framework of the public administration, as well as the most im-portant theoretical models of public management and the origins of the budget for the public sector. For this purpose it was used an explanation essay. The second chapter presents and describes the main concepts about the different stages of the budget of the public sector. Fi-nally, the third chapter presents data about the budgetary techniques in OECD countries, with reference to 2012, based on "International Budget Practices and Procedures Database" which allows the comparison between the practices of the countries, with a special emphasis on the Portuguese case.