Taking Stock of the Political Economy of Power Sector Reforms in Developing Countries: A Literature Review

Lee, Alan David; Usman, Zainab

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-8518

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“…Literature on the PE of development stretches back decades but became more prominently used in international development policy only in the early 2000s (Fisher and Marquette 2014). Concurrently, interest in PE issues was also increasing in the energy sector, particularly as a means of understanding "why model reform processes had varying outcomes" (Lee and Usman 2018). The first generation of PEA tended to focus on country-level (macro, structural, and political) drivers of institutional performance and change processes in societies (Department for International Development 2004;Fisher and Marquette 2014, 5-6).…”

Section: How Political Economy Analysis Has Encouraged Appreciation Of "Politics Matter"mentioning

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A Guide to Assessing the Political Economy of Domestic Climate Change Governance

Worker¹,

Palmer²

2021

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Despite clear scientific evidence that swift and ambitious climate action is necessary at the national level, many countries, particularly those with high emissions and GDP, are failing to implement policies to curb their climate impact. Even with high incomes, access to technology, policy expertise, and capacity to adapt these countries face a massive roadblock to avoiding the human suffering and immense economic, social, and ecological costs that will result from unchecked climate change – political will. This working paper provides guidance and a methodology for decision-makers, civil society, and donors to assess the political and governance challenges that different climate actions are likely to encounter at the national level. With these insights, they can focus on the best approaches for enacting ambitious policies that provide visible benefits and are hard to overturn.

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A Guide to Assessing the Political Economy of Domestic Climate Change Governance

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Palmer²

2021

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“…The third cluster of papers analyzes the experiences of power sector reform in developing countries, either as individual case studies such as in Victor and Heller [17] and Newell and Phillips [8] or by revealing patterns among the experiences of all developing countries [10,[18][19][20]. Using literature reviews, structured case studies, and narrative accounts, Victor and Heller [17] evaluate the experiences of Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa "as they have shifted from state-dominated systems to schemes allowing for a larger private sector role."…”

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The Role of Political Economy in Energy Access: Public and Private Off-Grid Electrification in Tanzania

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Off-grid renewable energy sources are dramatically altering the energy landscape in countries with low energy access. While techno-economic perspectives are already widely discussed, the political economy is largely ignored, particularly regarding the institutions providing electricity. Two of many ways that the task of electrification can be framed are: (1) as the duty of the government to provide a basic service to its people, or (2) as a goods that can be purchased from private players in a market system. Electrification in our country of focus, Tanzania, has developed a promising off-grid market as an increasing number of private players have recently become active there. While grid extension is still a priority for the government, solar home systems, which are estimated to make up more than half of all new connections by 2030, get surprisingly less attention in terms of coordination, political support, and policy frameworks. This is despite the fact that the population is highly dispersed, making grid extension less suitable and more expensive than off-grid, decentralized systems. After an extensive literature review, our method applies a theory-embedded framework of institutional economics to the use of solar home systems for electrification in Tanzania and examines the realizations of the electricity provided. The framework defines key political economy criteria as drivers for energy access and evaluates their respective relevance. We then apply this framework to evaluate 20 selected projects, which have promoted solar home systems in rural off-grid areas in Tanzania since 2000. As a unique contribution to the literature, this research highlights the underappreciated influence of different institutional arrangements on the political economy landscape and on the electricity provided for rural electrification in sub-Saharan Africa.

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“…In the 1990s, the pace of liberalization, restructuring and privatization in the power sector has accelerated and spread globally, including a shift toward a more market-based approach (Lee and Usman 2018). While the triggers of the 1990s power sector reforms were different across countries, the prevalent objectives in many developing countries involved addressing poor financial management and technical delivery, increasing access to electricity and investing in sufficient power supply capacity to meet the growing demand for electricity (Besant-Jones 2006;Gratwick and Eberhard 2008).…”

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Power Market Sophistication and Sector Outcomes: A Focus on Social Performance, Electricity Reliability, and Renewable Energy Penetration

Doumbia¹

2021

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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Taking Stock of the Political Economy of Power Sector Reforms in Developing Countries: A Literature Review

Cited by 26 publications

References 40 publications

A Guide to Assessing the Political Economy of Domestic Climate Change Governance

A Guide to Assessing the Political Economy of Domestic Climate Change Governance

The Role of Political Economy in Energy Access: Public and Private Off-Grid Electrification in Tanzania

Power Market Sophistication and Sector Outcomes: A Focus on Social Performance, Electricity Reliability, and Renewable Energy Penetration

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