The Challenges and Prospects of Electricity Access in Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Gebrehiwot, Firehiwot (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Beyene, Getachew | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-11T08:15:20Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T10:21:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-11T08:15:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T10:21:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Eventhough Ethiopia is investing a lot in electricity generation and infrastructure, the electricity access rate in the country is one of the lowest in Africa mainly due to inadequate expansion of electricity connection in rural areas. The purpose of this study was to assess the key challenges and the prospect of electricity access in the country and to recommend the way forward to address the electricity access gap. This study mainly used secondary data collected from extensively reviewed documents and also interviews with purposely selected experts and officials to substantiate the findings. According to the findings of this research, the electricity access programs of the country were not effective to meet the electricity access gap. The institutional instability of the sector, less attention to decentralized or off-grid electricity access programs ,lack of financing and private sector engagement have been some of the challenges hindering the enhancement of electricity access in the country. Therefore, establishing a long term and stable institutional structure in the electricity sector, strengthening and expanding decentralized (off-grid) electrification programs, setting a cost reflective electricity tariff (both for local and export) for the sector’s sustainability and enhancing the private sector engagement are some of the recommendations of this study to reach the universal electricity access targets of the country | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/7919 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Electricity access in ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.title | The Challenges and Prospects of Electricity Access in Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |