Restructuring Namibia's electricity supply system: Analysis of socio-economic benefits and challenges of the reform agenda
| dc.contributor.author | Lameck, Festus | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-02-07T14:07:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-02-07T14:07:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002 | en_US |
| dc.description | A research paper submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of master of public policy and administration | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The Government of Namibia (GoN) is in the process of reforming the country's electricity sector, to improve its economic, financial and technical efficiency in order for government's policy objectives to be met. Reforms being undertaken include promoting private sector investment into power generation, rationalizing the number of distributors, and transferring the responsibility for distribution in some areas to private operators. This study examines the restructuring agenda of the Namibian electricity supply system (NESS) and the socio-economic benefits and challenges that accrue from the introduction and implementation of such, from the perspectives of the various stakeholders in the reform initiative. The study specifically investigates whether there was opposition from some segments of the stakeholders and why that needed to e accommodated if the reform agenda were to be realised. The study found that political factors are the most important issues that determine the success or failure of the NESS restructuring initiative and as such need to be accommodated throughout the debate on the issue.Hence the conclusion that the restructuring agenda of the NESS needed to be considered within the overall development platform of the Namibian people and not be undertaken an isolation of other priorities that should be addressed if socio-economic develop for all is to assume meaning and become a reality. | |
| dc.description.degree | Windhoek | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | Namibia | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | University of Namibia | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | Master of Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) of the University of Namibia and the Institute of Social Studies | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | xiv, 88 p | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11070/243 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.masterFileNumber | 2342 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Electric energy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Social change | en_US |
| dc.title | Restructuring Namibia's electricity supply system: Analysis of socio-economic benefits and challenges of the reform agenda | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |