dc.contributor.author	Bacon, Robert
dc.contributor.author	Camos, Daniel
dc.contributor.author	Estache, Antonio
dc.contributor.author	Hamid, Mohamad M.
dc.date.accessioned	2017-11-07T16:04:54Z
dc.date.available	2017-11-07T16:04:54Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.description.abstract	The electricity sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) suffers from a major paradox. Indeed, while the region continues to hold the world’s largest oil and gas reserves and has been able to maintain electricity access rates of close to 100 percent in most of its economies, it may not be in a position to cater to the future electricity needs of its fast-growing population and their business activities. The region’s primary energy demand is expected to continue to grow at an annual rate of 1.9 percent through 2035, requiring a significant increase in capacity. Investments have not been rising fast enough to meet those expectations. The main point of this report is to provide quantitative evidence of how improving utility management and more accurately targeting smaller subsidies would free up enough resources to make the needed investments and operate the sector at a lower cost. These management and policy changes would make electricity production and consumption more affordable for the region’s taxpayers and could even make it more affordable for the poorest. They would also ease the transition toward renewable energy sources, reducing the dependency on imports for some economies and, for the economies that export oil and gas, extending the asset life of their nonrenewable resources.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-1182-1
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-4648-1182-1
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28684
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Directions in Development—Energy and Mining;
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	UTILITIES
dc.subject	PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	BENCHMARKING
dc.subject	QUASI-FISCAL DEFICIT
dc.subject	CASE STUDIES
dc.subject	DATABASE
dc.subject	UNBUNDLING
dc.subject	OWNERSHIP
dc.subject	REGULATION
dc.subject	SIZE
dc.title	Shedding Light on Electricity Utilities in the Middle East and North Africa	en
dc.title.subtitle	Insights from a Performance Diagnostic	en
dc.type	Book	en
dc.type	Livre	fr
dc.type	Libro	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Shedding Light on Electricity Utilities in the Middle East and North Africa: Insights from a Performance Diagnostic
okr.date.disclosure	2017-11-07
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-1182-1
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-1182-1
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	211182
okr.identifier.report	121006
okr.imported	true	en
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	Middle East and North Africa
okr.region.country	Egypt, Arab Republic of
okr.region.country	Jordan
okr.region.country	Morocco
okr.region.country	Oman
okr.region.geographical	Middle East
okr.region.geographical	North Africa
okr.topic	Energy::Electric Power
okr.topic	Energy::Energy Policies & Economics
okr.topic	Energy::Energy Technology & Transmission
okr.topic	Infrastructure Economics and Finance::Infrastructure Economics
okr.topic	Infrastructure Economics and Finance::Infrastructure Finance
okr.unit	GEE05
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