Rosnes, OrvikaEberhard, AntonShkaratan, MariaVennemo, HaakonFoster, VivienBriceño-Garmendia, Cecilia2012-03-192012-03-192011978-0-8213-8455-8https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2290This study is a product of the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD), a project designed to expand the world's knowledge of physical infrastructure in Africa. The AICD provides a baseline against which future improvements in infrastructure services can be measured, making it possible to monitor the results achieved from donor support. It also offers a more solid empirical foundation for prioritizing investments and designing policy reforms in the infrastructure sectors in Africa. The book draws upon a number of background papers that were prepared by World Bank staff and consultants, under the auspices of the AICD. The main findings were synthesized in a flagship report titled Africa's infrastructure: A time for transformation, published in November 2009. Meant for policy makers, that report necessarily focused on the high-level conclusions. It attracted widespread media coverage feeding directly into discussions at the 2009 African union commission heads of state summit on infrastructure.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYALUMINUMANNUAL CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONSAPPROACHAVAILABILITYAVERAGE TARIFFBACKUP POWERBLACKOUTSBLOCK TARIFFBORDER INFRASTRUCTUREBORDER TRADEBORDER TRANSMISSIONCAPACITY EXPANSIONCAPITAL COSTSCAPITAL EXPENDITURESCAPITAL INVESTMENTCAPITAL INVESTMENTSCARCARBONCARBON DIOXIDECARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONSCERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONCLIMATE CHANGECOCOALCOAL RESERVESCOLORSCOMPENSATION MECHANISMSCONCESSIONSCONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITYCOST OF POWERCOST RECOVERYCOSTS OF POWERDAMSDEMAND FOR POWERDIESELDIESEL GENERATORSDIESEL POWERDISTRIBUTION NETWORKDOMESTIC ENERGYDOMESTIC ENERGY RESOURCESDOMINANT FUELDRIVINGDROUGHTECONOMIC COSTSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INTEGRATIONECONOMIES OF SCALEELECTRIC POWERELECTRICAL POWERELECTRICITY CONSUMPTIONELECTRICITY DEMANDELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY PRICESELECTRICITY PRODUCTIONELECTRICITY SECTORELECTRICITY SERVICESELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY TARIFFEMISSIONEMISSION REDUCTION CREDITEMISSIONS REDUCTIONSEMISSIONS SAVINGSENERGY POLICYENERGY RESOURCESENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSEXCESS CAPACITYFARESFOSSILFOSSIL FUELSFUELFUEL OILFUEL PRICESFUELSGASGAS PRODUCTIONGAS RESOURCESGASOLINEGENERATING CAPACITYGENERATIONGENERATION CAPACITYGENERATION COSTSGENERATION OF ELECTRICITYGEOTHERMAL PLANTSGEOTHERMAL POWERGLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDEGLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONSGOVERNMENT POLICYGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGREENHOUSE GASESGRID POWERGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH RATESHEATHEAT PRODUCTIONHEAVY FUEL OILHOUSEHOLD BUDGETSHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHYDROELECTRIC PLANTSHYDROPOWERHYDROPOWER GENERATIONINFRASTRUCTURE COSTSINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINFRASTRUCTURE FINANCINGINFRASTRUCTURE FUNDINGINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINFRASTRUCTURE SERVICESINFRASTRUCTURE SPENDINGINTERNATIONAL ENERGYINVESTMENT CLIMATEINVESTMENT COSTSINVESTMENT REQUIREMENTSKEROSENEKILOWATT HOURKILOWATT-HOURLEASE CONTRACTSLOAD SHEDDINGLOWER TARIFFSMANAGEMENT CONTRACTSMARGINAL COST OF ELECTRICITYMARGINAL COSTSMETHANENATURAL GASNUCLEAR POWERNUCLEAR POWER PLANTO&MOILOIL PRICESOIL PRODUCTIONOIL RESERVESPEPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPETROLEUMPOWERPOWER CAPACITYPOWER CONSUMPTIONPOWER CORPORATIONPOWER COSTSPOWER CRISISPOWER DEMANDPOWER DEVELOPMENTPOWER GENERATIONPOWER GENERATION CAPACITYPOWER GRIDPOWER MARKETSPOWER OUTAGESPOWER PLANTSPOWER POOLSPOWER PRICESPOWER PRODUCTIONPOWER PROJECTPOWER PROJECTSPOWER SECTORPOWER SECTOR PLANNINGPOWER SECTOR REFORMPOWER SHORTAGESPOWER STATIONSPOWER SUPPLIESPOWER SUPPLYPOWER SYSTEMPOWER SYSTEMSPOWER TRADEPOWER TRADINGPPPREPAYMENTPRICE DIFFERENTIALPRICE OF OILPRICE OF POWERPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONPROFIT MARGINPROPANEPUBLIC INFRASTRUCTUREPUBLIC PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTUREREDUCTION IN EMISSIONSREGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURERENEWABLE ENERGYRENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCESRESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERSREVENUE COLLECTIONROUTESRURAL ELECTRIFICATIONSANITATIONSERVICE EXPANSIONSHIPPING CONTAINERSSURPLUS POWERTARIFF STRUCTURESTHERMAL CAPACITYTHERMAL ENERGYTHERMAL POWERTHERMAL POWER PLANTSTINTOTAL EMISSIONSTRADING PATTERNSTRANSMISSION CAPACITYTRANSMISSION GRIDTRANSMISSION SYSTEMTRANSPORTTRANSPORT POLICYTRANSPORTATIONURANIUMUTILITIESUTILITY BILLUTILITY LOADVEHICLEVOLTAGEWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENTWEATHER PATTERNSWINDWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-8455-8