Getting reforms done in inhospitable institutional environments: Untying a Gordian Knot in India's power distribution sector

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 7121-7129

  Tankha, Sunil ^a   Misal, Annasahed B ^c   Fuller, Boyd W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority   (India)

Author keywords

India; Power sector reforms; Private sector participation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION; IDEALIZED MODELS; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; INDIA; INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; POWER SECTOR REFORM; PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION; STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC COALITION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY POLICY; POLICY REFORM; PRIVATE SECTOR; STAKEHOLDER;

INDIA;

GORDIA;

EID: 77957803844     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.07.030     Document Type: Article

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