Power for Development : A Review of the World Bank Group's Experience with Private Participation in the Electricity Sector

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword, Prólogo, Avant-Propos -- Summary, Résumen, Résumé Analytique -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1. Overview: Private Sector Development in the Electric Power Sector -- The Current Sector Environment -- The Role of the World Bank Group in the 1990s -- Evaluation Objective and Framework -- 2. PSDE Objectives and Instruments -- 3. Project Results -- Bank Involvement: Reforming Power Sectors and Mainstreaming PSDE -- IFC: Supporting Private Investments in Electric Power Generation -- MIGA: Mitigating the Political Risk to Private Investors -- 4. Sector-Level PSDE Outcomes -- Promoting Private Sector Involvement -- Macrofiscal Balancing: Reducing the Power Sector's Burden on Public Resources -- Helping the Poor Directly -- Protecting the Environment -- 5. Cross-Cutting Findings -- Toward Better-Designed Interventions -- Toward Improving WBG Processes -- 6. Recommendations -- Annexes -- Annex A: Methodology and Instruments -- Annex B: World Bank Group PSDE Portfolio-at-a-Glance -- Annex C: Trends in PSDE Objectives in the Bank's Portfolio -- Annex D: Ratings of Freestanding Projects and Projects with PSDE Components -- Annex E: Analysis of the Performance of Freestanding PSDE Projects and Projects with PSDE Components -- Annex F: IFC Advisory Operations in Power: Standalone Advisory Operations -- Annex G: IFC Advisory Operations in Power: Donor-Assisted Technical Assistance Trust Funds (TATF) Operations -- Annex H: IFC's Operations in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in the 1990s -- Attachment H.1: IFC's Mainstream Renewable Energy and Efficient Energy Projects, FY90-99 -- Attachment H.2: IFC-Managed GEF Projects in Power, FY90-99 -- Annex I: IFC Portfolio of Approvals in Power, FY90-01 -- Annex J: OEG's Mini-XPSR Evaluation Framework for IFC's Electric Power Sector Investment Operations.