Transparency in the dark: An assessment of the Cameroonian electricity sector reform

International Journal of Global Energy Issues

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 133-168

  Pineau, Pierre Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Electricity; Institutional endowment; Privatisation; Reform; Sub Saharan countries; World Bank

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRICITY; PRIVATIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC UTILITIES; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CAMEROON; INSTITUTIONAL ENDOWMENT; REFORM; SUB-SAHARAN COUNTRIES; WORLD BANK;

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; INVESTMENT; PRIVATIZATION; WORLD BANK;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 20144364273     PISSN: 09547118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.2005.006875     Document Type: Article

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