Energy Politics And Rural Development In Sub-saharan Africa: The Case Of Ghana
by Naaborle Sackeyfio /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book addresses the paradox of uneven electricity in one of the
fastest growing and now petro rich economies, Ghana, by addressing
the question of why one of the most hydro rich countries in
sub-Saharan Africa produces irregular access for all but ‘swing’
voter regions of the country. The book questions why targeted rural
electricity initiatives over the course of the last two decades
have yielded uneven benefits for what is a substantial portion of
the country’s population. Using Ghana as an emblematic case-study
that speaks to broader regional concerns, including those of
Nigeria and South Africa, this book contextualizes the variegated
nature of how power sector reforms could not be undertaken without
significant political costs. Indeed, the book situates an
unfolding political landscape that prompted the successful but
partial implementation of power sector reforms in part prompted by
the Washington consensus and undergirded by a shrinking role for
the state in the wider economy.
This book addresses the paradox of uneven electricity in one of the
fastest growing and now petro rich economies, Ghana, by addressing
the question of why one of the most hydro rich countries in
sub-Saharan Africa produces irregular access for all but ‘swing’
voter regions of the country. The book questions why targeted rural
electricity initiatives over the course of the last two decades
have yielded uneven benefits for what is a substantial portion of
the country’s population. Using Ghana as an emblematic case-study
that speaks to broader regional concerns, including those of
Nigeria and South Africa, this book contextualizes the variegated
nature of how power sector reforms could not be undertaken without
significant political costs. Indeed, the book situates an
unfolding political landscape that prompted the successful but
partial implementation of power sector reforms in part prompted by
the Washington consensus and undergirded by a shrinking role for
the state in the wider economy.
