scholarly journals Navigating the Prevailing Challenges of the Nigerian Power Sector

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustefa Jibril ◽  
Mustefa Jibril
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Panoramic View ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Control Center ◽  
Electricity Trading ◽  
Regulatory Commission ◽  
Transmission And Distribution ◽  
National Control

The entire value chain of the Nigerian power sector (the production, transmission and distribution sector) is bedeviled with numerous challenges. Challenges that hamper and make the seventh sustainable development goal only a mirage. This paper aims to take a panoramic view of the Nigerian power architecture, outlining the challenges of the various stakeholders (The Generation Companies, The Transmission Company of Nigeria, The National Control Center, The Distribution Companies, The Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc, The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, The Gas producers, The Nigerian Gas Company and the consumers) with the goal of providing a roadmap of solutions; solutions to light up the African largest economy and invariably guarantee her socio-economic development.

scholarly journals Critical Integrated Evaluation of State Power Entities Performance and Operational Effectiveness

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saroj Bala Dewatwal
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Power Distribution ◽  
Consumer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Major Step ◽  
Operational Effectiveness ◽  
Distribution Sector ◽  
Transmission And Distribution

Power sector is considered a key segment for accelerating economic and social growth in India. It has registered significant growth in recent past and has potential to transform the economy. An uninterrupted and quality power supply is the need of the hour. Amongst the three major channels of power sector i.e. generation, transmission and distribution, the distribution Sector has direct interface with the end consumers and is accountable for consumer satisfaction and also for flow of revenues in the entire value chain of Power Sector. Thus, distribution Sector plays a vital role in sustenance as well as growth. But in present scenario is plagued by poor financial health, imbalance in demand and supply, heavy transmission and distribution losses, poor billing and collection and operational and cost inefficiencies. Also consumers also faces problems like high frequency of power cuts, low and fluctuating voltage, lack of responsiveness of service providers and inadequate grievance redressal mechanism. Thus the major concern for power sector is the declining efficiency of the distribution sector and therefore a real challenge today lies in efficient management of the distribution entities. In order to bring improvements in power distribution sector, government has initiated several plans. Reforms have been under way in the power sector for making it efficient and more competitive. Formulation of integrated rating methodology is one major step to bring improvements in the performance of distribution utilities and a tool for quality assessment

Sanitation Challenge for Ghana (SC4Gh): motivating local authorities through innovation prizes to achieve SDG6

Waterlines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 192-208
Author(s):  
Carolyn Stephens ◽  
Jonathan Parkinson ◽  
Christopher Sackeyfio
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
External Donor ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Donor Funding ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Sanitation Services ◽  
International Programme ◽  
The Uk ◽  
District Assemblies

As part of the UK Government-funded Ideas to Impact programme, the Sanitation Challenge for Ghana (SC4Gh) ran from 2015 to 2019 aiming to incentivize local authorities in Ghana to prioritize resources to improve municipal sanitation services towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6. The paper reviews the overall results of the SC4Gh and discusses selected results for the Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) involved. The most notable outcome was that MMDAs involved were able to make significant improvements across the sanitation value chain with limited technical support and no upfront external donor funding. Another important outcome was the empowering aspect of the prize process which enabled MMDAs to innovate their plans based upon their own ideas to improve sanitation services. The prize process was an unprecedented opportunity for MMDAs throughout the country to participate in an international programme, resulting in encouraging results particularly from smaller, less well-resourced MMDAs in remote parts of Ghana who secured prizes in both stages of the Challenge.

Capability Building in a Government Regulatory Firm (A)

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-33
Author(s):  
Meenakshi Aggarwal-Gupta ◽  
Shailaja Karve
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Change Agent ◽  
Support Staff ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
External Consultants ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Capability Building ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
Regulatory Commission ◽  
Transmission And Distribution

Western State Electricity Regulatory Commission (WSERC) was a Government Regulatory Firm in India and worked in the areas of electricity and power. Its scope of work had significantly expanded after a decade of existence and the organization needed to keep pace with the changing requirements. There was a need for agile functioning in a market driven power economy in the areas of power generation, transmission and distribution. The firm needed to transition from being a regulator to being a change agent to support the reforms in the power sector. The firm was operating with a skeletal support staff and key areas of expertise had been outsourced. The case presents the challenges of operating with an outsourced model and the need to move towards self–sufficiency. The firm wanted to now rely on internal expertise instead of depending on external consultants. The change of hiring practice would also need to be supplemented by change in the style of functioning. The case ends with the chairman pondering on how best to enable this change.

scholarly journals A scoping review of market links between value chain actors and small-scale producers in developing regions

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 799-808 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie ◽  
Ayala Wineman ◽  
Sarah Young ◽  
Justice Tambo ◽  
Carolina Vargas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Small Farmers ◽  
Large Firms ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Abstract Sustainable Development Goal 2 aims to end hunger, achieve food and nutrition security and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030. This requires that small-scale producers be included in, and benefit from, the rapid growth and transformation under way in food systems. Small-scale producers interact with various actors when they link with markets, including product traders, logistics firms, processors and retailers. The literature has explored primarily how large firms interact with farmers through formal contracts and resource provision arrangements. Although important, contracts constitute a very small share of smallholder market interactions. There has been little exploration of whether non-contract interactions between small farmers and both small- and large-scale value chain actors have affected small farmers’ livelihoods. This scoping review covers 202 studies on that topic. We find that non-contract interactions, de facto mostly with small and medium enterprises, benefit small-scale producers via similar mechanisms that the literature has previously credited to large firms. Small and medium enterprises, not just large enterprises, address idiosyncratic market failures and asset shortfalls of small-scale producers by providing them, through informal arrangements, with complementary services such as input provision, credit, information and logistics. Providing these services directly supports Sustainable Development Goal 2 by improving farmer welfare through technology adoption and greater productivity.

scholarly journals REVVING UP THE FORTUNES OF KARNATAKA’S ESCOMS

2021 ◽  
pp. 55-59
Author(s):  
Mahesha, V. ◽  
Naveen, G.V.
Keyword(s):  
Drip Irrigation ◽  
The State ◽  
Electricity Supply ◽  
Financial Health ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
The Government ◽  
Distribution Of Power ◽  
Regulatory Commission ◽  
Transmission And Distribution

When the power sector reforms were ushered in, many protagonists of the reforms believed that the reforms would break new ground in more ways than one. After all, generation, transmission and distribution of power would be entrusted to dedicated entities and if they failed, they could be held individually accountable and answerable. Even a hike in power tariff would be effected only after taking the stakeholder groups into confidence. But nothing of the sort happened even with the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) around. The bottom lines of the various electricity supply companies (Escoms) of the state began to turn increasingly red with each passing year. It is high time the Escoms were nursed back to financial health. An investigation undertaken by the researcher after interacting with stakeholder groups like CESCO officers and the farmer-consumers, among others, led him to conclude that a few steps must be taken immediately to arrest the falling bottom lines of the Escoms. To begin with, the government should transfer the subsidy payable to the farmer-consumersdirectly to the bank accounts of the latter. However, if this is to materialise, the IP sets installed by the farmer-consumers should be necessarily metered . This will ensure that the beneficiary does not take the subsidised / free supply of power for granted. Underserving beneficiaries can be easily spotted and kept out of the subsidised power / free power loop. Government should promote drip irrigation to conserve precious water table and power. Even large farmers can be considered for the purpose if they are ready to share the tariff incurred for the purpose, with the government.

Assessing social sustainability in the gig economy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muralidharan Loganathan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Gig Economy ◽  
The World ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth

Sustainable Development Goal 8 to “Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all” necessitates country level measures across the world. We take forward a comparative analysis of India’s SDG 8 indicator list with both the UN and ILO measurements. We note inadequate measurements on social-protection and rights for non-standard forms of employment including gig work, that are intermediated by ICT platforms. From our analysis we identify some levers to broaden the current indicator measurements to include these non-standard workers as well, to improve social sustainability.

scholarly journals Migrants’ Narratives on Urban Governance: A Case from Kolkata, a City of the Global South

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 1009
Author(s):  
Anuradha Chakrabarti ◽  
Reena Tiwari ◽  
Haimanti Banerji
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Future Scenarios ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Ethnographic Methodology ◽  
Thematic Network Analysis

The paper aims to reveal the politics of urban governance and the associated impact on the lives of disenfranchised migrants. It critically explores the urban governance structure and the nature of practices involved in the cycle of settlement, eviction, resistance and resettlement. The case of Nonadanga, located at the urban margin of Kolkata, India, was explored for this purpose. An ethnographic methodology comprising observation, semi-structured interviews and oral history was adopted for the research. Twelve squatter dwellers and four experts working in Nonadanga and Kolkata were interviewed for this purpose. A three-step data analysis comprising a narrative approach, thematic network analysis and validation was adopted. A critical review of inclusive practices, together with ethnographic survey findings, demonstrates that migrants live in a condition the paper calls “partial rights”, which is a manifestation of the dialectics of inclusiveness practiced by the urban governance structure and derived from the interaction between urban governance structure and migrants’ agency. By analyzing past development trends, the paper outlines possible future scenarios for migrants’ living conditions and discusses their impact on achieving the targeted Sustainable Development Goal 11 for inclusive cities by 2030.

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