Electricity in Africa
No country has managed to develop beyond a subsistence economy without ensuring at least minimum access to electricity for the majority of its population. Yet many sub-Saharan African countries struggle to meet demand. Why is this, and what can be done to reduce energy poverty and further Africa's d...
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| author | Gore, Christopher |
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| description | No country has managed to develop beyond a subsistence economy without ensuring at least minimum access to electricity for the majority of its population. Yet many sub-Saharan African countries struggle to meet demand. Why is this, and what can be done to reduce energy poverty and further Africa's development? Examining the politics and processes surrounding electricity infrastructure, provision and reform, the author provides an overview of historical andcontemporary debates about access in the sub-continent, and explores the shifting role and influence of national governments and of multilateral agencies in energy reform decisions. He describes a challenging political environment for electricity supply, with African governments becoming increasingly frustrated with the rules and the processes of multilateral donors. Civil society also began to question reform choices, and governments in turn looked to new development partners, such as China, to chart a fresh path of energy transformation. Drawing on over fifteen years of research on Uganda, which has one of the lowest levels of access to electricity in Africa and has struggled to construct several, large hydroelectric dams on the Nile, Gore argues that there is a critical need to recognize how the changing political and social context in African countries, and globally, has affected the capacity to fulfil national energy goals, minimize energy poverty and transform economies. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1161102024-03-29T13:45:15Z Electricity in Africa Gore, Christopher Political Science African Studies Engineering bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TH Energy technology & engineering::THR Electrical engineering::THRB Power generation & distribution thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TH Energy technology and engineering::THY Energy, power generation, distribution and storage No country has managed to develop beyond a subsistence economy without ensuring at least minimum access to electricity for the majority of its population. Yet many sub-Saharan African countries struggle to meet demand. Why is this, and what can be done to reduce energy poverty and further Africa's development? Examining the politics and processes surrounding electricity infrastructure, provision and reform, the author provides an overview of historical andcontemporary debates about access in the sub-continent, and explores the shifting role and influence of national governments and of multilateral agencies in energy reform decisions. He describes a challenging political environment for electricity supply, with African governments becoming increasingly frustrated with the rules and the processes of multilateral donors. Civil society also began to question reform choices, and governments in turn looked to new development partners, such as China, to chart a fresh path of energy transformation. Drawing on over fifteen years of research on Uganda, which has one of the lowest levels of access to electricity in Africa and has struggled to construct several, large hydroelectric dams on the Nile, Gore argues that there is a critical need to recognize how the changing political and social context in African countries, and globally, has affected the capacity to fulfil national energy goals, minimize energy poverty and transform economies. 2023-10-05T10:56:24Z 2023-10-05T10:56:24Z 2017 book ONIX_20231005_9781787440579_1848 9781787440579 9781847011688 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/116110 eng African Issues image/jpeg Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt1t6p617 Boydell & Brewer James Currey an imprint of Boydell & Brewer 10.7722/j.ctt1t6p617 10.7722/j.ctt1t6p617 7b5beb75-2e34-4246-8da6-875fc8894f70 a5412724-9488-4886-8880-b75fec2fcf5a ee628db4-eec1-4ac4-863b-fc26d4631eea 080552c6-eed2-47cf-b9bf-b67e1afeac8b 9781787440579 9781847011688 James Currey an imprint of Boydell & Brewer [...] [...] [...] open access |
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