Private participation in the power sector in Europe and Central Asia : lessons from the last decade

The Californian power crisis appears to have greatly rekindled the latent doubts on moving to more competitive market structures for such an essential service as electricity. The recent collapse of Enron and several other industrial giants, as well as doubts about the reliability of external audits...

• Main Author: Krishnaswamy, Venkataraman
• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Other Authors: Stuggins, Gary
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 2003
• Series: World Bank working paper no. 8
• Subjects: ENERGIA ELECTRICA; ELECTRICIDAD; PRIVATIZACION; EUROPA; ASIA CENTRAL

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Executive summary
• 1. Introduction, background, and methodology
• 2. Getting the conditions right
• 3. Getting the market structure right
• 4. Private sector participation
• 5. Social safety net issues
• 6. Conclusions and recommendations
• Case studies: Georgia
• Hungary
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyz Republic
• Lithuania
• Moldova
• Poland
• Tajikistan
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• Bibliography