Resource Library

Developing Best Practices for Promoting Private Sector Investment in Infrastructure

Power

Publisher: Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Place of Publish: Philippines, Manila

Year: 2000

Page Numbers: 90; Annexes

Acc. No: 3609

Class No: 338.61 DEV

Category: Books & Reports

Subjects: Economics

Type of Resource: Monograph

Languages: English

ISBN: 971-561-278-4

This report is commissioned by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to identify and recommend the best practices to be followed by member countries to encourage both private sector investment and competition in infrastructure development. This specific report focuses on the power sector. Electricity is an essential input in the economy and an efficient and competitive power sector is therefore vital to a country’s development. It examines the optimum approaches to achieve benefits for consumers of electricity through restructuring, unbundling and privatization.