| dc.description.abstract | This research paper explores the role of the World Bank in Kenya's power
sector reforms. Because of the bank's and Kenya's relationship with other aid
donors, those donors' relations with Kenya generally, and the power sector
specifically, are also examined.
Power sector reforms cannot be reviewed in isolation from Kenya's macroeconomic
reforms, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in particular,
has also influenced power sector reforms. Macro-economic reform is therefore
one of the sub-themes of this study and in this regard, relations with other
donors in the context of power sector reforms are also studied.
As Kenya's donor relationships are operationalised in the study, a number of '..
issues are highlighted including aid dependency; management issues;
institutional, legal and policy framework shortcomings. Poor dialogue between
the World Bank, other donors and the government of Kenya is also analysed.
Inextricably, the paper explores the long history of Kenya's power sector and
how it evolved into a complex network of various entities. It further explains
why it was found necessary to reform and streamline this complex network
with a view to making it more economically viable and sustainable. The role of
the World Bank in these reforms is the basis of this paper. | en |
