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Private participation in isolated grids in Mozambique
Author(s) -
Sakairi Yuriko
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2000.tb00955.x
Subject(s) - electrification , rural electrification , private sector , business , electricity , economic growth , developing country , rural sector , rural area , natural resource economics , economics , political science , engineering , electrical engineering , law
This article presents a case study from Mozambique of the electrification of two selected towns under a World Bank financed project. Low‐cost electricity services were extended to the two isolated areas after an enabling framework had been created for private sector participation. The World Bank project also demonstrates that the private sector can be attracted to participate in rural electrification schemes even in a poor country. The example shown in this article is one of the few of its kind in SubSaharan Africa.