The main priority for the Democratic Republic of Congo’s power sector is to increase access to electricity. The Democratic Republic of Congo is a large country with 10 million households of which 1.6 million have access to electricity. This makes it the third largest population in the world without access to electricity. The report explores the current state of the electricity sector in the DRC, including opportunities and challenges, and presents a set of recommendations, focusing on principles and priorities to proceed with future power sector development. It defines how these principles can be implemented in planning the sector development and identifies some of the investments required to move towards the goal of universal access to electricity. The note could contribute to the definition of a short and medium-term roadmap for the government and for donors.
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Document Date
2020/04/13
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Document Type
Working Paper
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Report Number
147601
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Volume No
1
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Total Volume(s)
1
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Country
Congo, Democratic Republic of
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Disclosure Date
2020/04/13
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Doc Name
Increasing Access to Electricity in the Democratic Republic of Congo : Opportunities and Challenges
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Keywords
Access to Electricity; installed capacity; million people; power sector planning; income-generating activity; income generating activity; transmission grid; transmission and distribution network; state-owned company; Cost of Doing Business; regional power system; fragile and conflict state; legal and regulatory framework; environment and sustainable development; distribution grid; Demographic and Health Survey; alternative sources of energy; payment of connection fee; economic and financial analysis; lower level of service; value loss; government-owned companies; access to grid electricity; results-based management; cost of electricity generation; Environmental and Social Impact; level of electricity consumption; electricity access; least cost planning; Solar Home System; solar power plant; cost of capital; power sector development; hydro site; power system planning; renewable energy resource; power system development
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Increasing Access to Electricity in the Democratic Republic of Congo : Opportunities and Challenges (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/743721586836810203/Increasing-Access-to-Electricity-in-the-Democratic-Republic-of-Congo-Opportunities-and-Challenges