Electricity-sector Reforms in the MENA Region : Evaluation and Prospects /: Evaluation and Prospects. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Leila Benali.
• Authors: Benali, Leila
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abstract; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 The Starting Point and the Questioning; 1.2 The Theoretical Framework; 1.3 The Methodology; 1.4 Emerging Conclusions; Chapter 2: A Unique Confluence: Demographics, Socio-Economics and Politics; 2.1 The Limits of Generic Modelling: High Demographic Growth, Rapid Urbanization and Industrialization; 2.2 Future Investment Needs; 2.3 The Three First Experiences, the First Lessons: Morocco, UAE and Oman; Who Started?; The Moroccan Experience; The Emirati Example; The Omani Experience 2.4 Taking Stock on the Status of Reforms2.5 Summary; Chapter 3: Three Main Drivers of Electricity-Sector Reforms; 3.1 Testing the Limits of the ``Oil Price Theory;́́ 3.2 The Real Driving Forces: Performance, Revenue, Financing, or Reform Calls; On the Need to Capture Revenue from Privatizations; On the Urgency to Increase Performance of the Sector; On the Appeal to Align a Call for Political Reform with Economic Reform; 3.3 Interconnections and Regional Integration: Sometimes an Enabler, Rarely a Driver; 3.4 Then What for the Future?; 3.5 Summary Chapter 4: Evaluation Step 1: Impact on Production Costs (Performance) and Investments (Incentive)4.1 Does the Wholesale Tariff Send the Right Signals?; 4.2 Subcontracting Without Delegating: What Will Make a Reform Encourage or Hamper Needed Investments?; 4.3 Summary; Chapter 5: Evaluation Step 2: How Optimal Is the Sequencing of the Reform?; 5.1 Summary; Chapter 6: Evaluation Step 3: Attractiveness and Feasibility; 6.1 Attractiveness: What the State Needs, the Single Buyer Model Provides 6.2 Feasibility: The Critical Role of the Institutional Set-Up, the Industrial Design and the Resource Endowment6.3 Summary; Chapter 7: Evaluation Step 4: Credibility; 7.1 Credibility; the Role of Regulation, Performance Monitoring and Integrated Policies; 7.2 Another Aspect of Credibility: The Subsidies Question; 7.3 Summary; Chapter 8: Evaluation Step 5: Remediability, or the Critical Path to Survival; 8.1 Interim Conclusion; 8.2 Summary; Chapter 9: Prospects and Future of Reforms: Fuel Mix Options 9.1 The Fuel Mix in MENA Countries: Between Sustainability and Diversification, Options and ConsequencesCompeting Fuels to Hydrocarbons, Assuming the Same Price; Evolving Fuel Prices; 9.2 From Wellhead to Wire: The Position of Natural Gas in the Mix; 9.3 An Opportunity for Nuclear, Amid Proliferation Concerns; 9.4 Green Initiatives: From Oil Exporters to Energy Exporters?; 9.5 Summary; Chapter 10: Prospects and Future of Reforms: Resources Monetization; 10.1 Genuine Wealth Creation and Sustainable Growth; 10.2 Fuel Price Changes: Testing the Long-term Fuel Supply Agreement Paradigm
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 537; Energy; Electricity -- History -- Economic aspects -- Middle East; Electricity -- History -- Economic aspects -- Africa, North; Economics -- Middle East -- History; Economics -- Africa, North -- History; SCIENCE / Physics / Electricity; SCIENCE / Physics / Electromagnetism; Business & Economics -- Economics -- General; Political Science -- Economic Conditions; Business & Economics -- Development -- General; Environmental economics; Political economy; Politics & government; Development economics & emerging economies; Environmental economics; Political economy; Development economics; Business & Economics -- Industries -- Energy Industries; Energy technology & engineering; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319962689
• Related ISBNs: 331996268X; 9783319962672; 3319962671
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 4, 2018).
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