Nexus Between Energy Sector Reform and Democracy and Governance

摘要

This paper examines democracy and governance aspects of energy sector reform, especially power sector reform. It examines the difficult history of energy sector reform programs and some reasons why many of those programs have not proved to be sustainable. Chief among these reasons is a focus on the technical requirements for an efficient sector, with little or no attention to the social and political aspects of the sector. The job of making the sector run more efficiently has often been only partially realized and sometimes not realized at all.