The objectives of the study are to improve the quality and availability of information on Tanzania’s small hydropower resources and to contribute to a detailed comprehensive assessment and to a geospatial planning framework of small-…
This paper takes stock of the empirical and conceptual literature on the financial viability and cost recovery of the power sector in developing countries.
This report represents part of a study "Energy Efficiency Transformation in Astana and Almaty", which was financed by the World Bank's Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) - a multi-donor technical assistance trust fund…
This note provides guidance on how to approach and assess energy subsidies, quantifying them where possible. it suggests a definition of subsidies and describes options for categorizing and measuring subsidies. it also outlines policy…
The Energy Subsidy Reform Assessment Framework (ESRAF) is a comprehensive analytical toolkit and assessment framework for helping countries to achieve politically and socially sustainable reforms.
Although the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) continues to hold the world’s largest oil and gas reserves and has been able to maintain electricity access rates of close to hundred percent in most of its economies, it may not be in a…