Privatization of Electricity Service Delivery in Developing Nations: Issues and Challenges

Authors

  • Olamide Eniola Victor Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  • Norsiah A Aziz Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  • Abdul Razak Jaffar Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/ijbes.v2.n3.82

Abstract

The provision of public utilities and infrastructures particularly electricity by the public sector (Government) especially in the Developing Nations has been heavily criticized. This has been attributed to many reasons including poor electricity supply, poor distribution of service delivery of electricity due to the absence of spatial planning, insufficient government investment into the power industry, ineptitude operation on the part of the technicians, poor administration and managerial control. However, efforts to move away from government ownership, control or participation in this sector of economy towards free enterprise and increased inclusive private sector participation known as privatization, has been adopted as one of the solutions. This paper presents a critical review of privatization practices of alternative Service Delivery approach of selected Asian and African nations. The paper would elicit the common variants of privatization models adopted by these nations and the different implementation strategies which resulted in divergence in effectiveness and efficiency in the service delivery of electricity. The selected Asian countries are; Malaysia, India, and China, while the selected African nations are Nigeria, Cameroun and South Africa. The paper will draw from the literatures the various approaches, concepts adopted, practices, issues and challenges faced by these countries.

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Published

2015-09-21

How to Cite

Victor, O. E., Aziz, N. A., & Jaffar, A. R. (2015). Privatization of Electricity Service Delivery in Developing Nations: Issues and Challenges. International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.11113/ijbes.v2.n3.82