A review of World Bank lending for electric power

Munashinghe, Mohan
Gilling, Joseph
Mason, Melody

1988

333.793
M9632a

This paper presents the results of an evaluation of about 300 power projects financed by the World Bank and IDA between 1965 and 1983. The study shows a declining trend in power sector performance in spite of Bank involvement in the sector. It recommends greater emphasis on: improving productive and allocative efficiency; increasing incentives for enhanced utility efficiency; strengthening of power-energy-macroeconomic linkages; improving investment planning to achieve a better balance between generation and distribution, and giving greater emphasis to rehabilitation and maintenance...

ENERGIA ELECTRICA; PROYECTOS DE DESARROLLO; BANCO MUNDIAL; FINANCIACION;