CV-Energy & Water SIL (FY99)

closed

The Energy and Water Sector Reform and Development Project will increase private sector participation in the infrastructure sectors, and improve social development. In pursuit of stable macroeconomic frameworks, policy reforms will be consolidated, and, poverty alleviation accelerated. The project will improve the supply of power, water, and sanitation systems, increasing the operational and end-user efficiency of infrastructure sectors. Renewable energy sources will be developed, as will a sound management of water resources. The components of the project call for: 1) reforms and development of the power sector, supporting privatization of public entities, its financial restructuring, and, the implementation of regulatory and legal frameworks. Demand-side management and energy efficient equipment are included as marginal economic extension and environmental liability mitigation; 2) renewable energy promotion and development, decentralizing wind/solar photovoltaic systems; 3) reform and development of the water sector, supporting new regulatory/legal frameworks, new autonomous water companies, and, extending water networks; 4) sanitation development and improvement, through the construction of wastewater reuse systems; and, 5) Project coordination/management, supporting institutional strengthening.