Publication: Rwanda - Extending Access to Energy : Lessons from a Sector-Wide Approach
Date
2013-01
ISSN
Published
2013-01
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Rwanda is one of the first countries to
use a Sector Wide-Approach (SWAp) in the energy sector to
increase access to electricity. The SWAp emerged in the
1990s as an alternative to traditional development aid. The
SWAp-based on a country-led, results-focused
framework-encourages engagement across all sector
stakeholders to ensure that investments work together to
contribute to desired outcomes. With the assistance of
energy sector management assistance program's Africa
Renewable Energy Access (AFREA) program. This report
provides a number of key lessons realized from the Rwanda
energy SWAp for development partners and governments
considering using such an approach. Country and government
ownership and leadership is essential for efficient program
planning and implementation, as is an alignment with
national priorities and policies. In 2009, Rwanda initiated
a SWAp in the energy sector to help achieve its target of
increasing access to electricity from 6 percent of the
population to 16 percent over a five-year period, through
2013. The ongoing program also focuses on providing off-grid
access to electricity for schools, hospitals, and
administrative buildings that would not have electricity
otherwise. The SWAp's main objectives include:
determining a high-level investment and capacity building
plan for sustainable and predictable financing over the term
of the program; enabling electricity access expansion to
meet Rwanda's national targets; and attaining supply
adequacy by expanding generation capacity by qualified
independent power producers.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2013. Rwanda - Extending Access to Energy : Lessons from a Sector-Wide Approach. Energy Sector Management assistance Program
(ESMAP);knowledge series 013/12. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17482 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”