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Measures of non-state actor and donor provision of services do not. Issuu turns PDFs and other files
into interactive flipbooks and engaging content for every channel. The closing date for the loan
account was extended twice from December 31,1996 to December 31, 1998. Technicalspecifications
were not ready at the time of loan approval, and the pre-qualification of thecivil works contractors
was left to be performed in the initial stages of implementation.This resulted in substantial delays in
project start-up and completion (see paragraph 17 and18 above). TheKoyna IV power plant will
remain in the ownership of GOM, but will be leased to MSEB forfuture operation and maintenance.
Thus, the support treatment of Koyna-IV water conductor watersystem provided is in tune with
latest development in this field. Our intended audience comprises a worldwide readership of
economists and other social scientists in government, business, international agencies, universities,
and research institutions. Third, it examines the determinants of spatial integration. As a result,
capital expenditure wasfinanced entirely out of long tern loans from GOM and other sources. It also
explores the drivers of these costs, by exploring hundreds of scenarios that combine alternative
assumptions on the level of service targeted, population growth, urbanization, industrial demand, and
technology cost. This raises serious doubts about the usefulness of the World Bank's model of
structural adjustment as it applies to Africa, since it is based on a misinterpretation of the. All
affected persons were to be paid compensation and extendedresettlement provisions in accordance
with the Maharashtra Project Affected Persons Act. 14. There are very few cumulative adverse
impacts due to implementation of transmissionand distribution components because of the nature of
the activities. Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No. Koyna Stage IV involves
the installation offour additional 250 MW units driven by Francis type turbines, in a new
undergroundpowerhouse. When is the provision of services by non- state actors likely to strengthen
the fiscal. This has helped in having transferof technology to India for using lake tapping method for
generation of powerwherever pen stocks are not embedded in body of the dam. (iii)The World Banks
insistence for economic rehabilitation provided new insight tothe issue. World bank policy research
working paper no 5430 - AICOM. Third, there is an infrastructure access gap between nonpoor and
poor households, as well as formal and informal settlements. Projectpreparation The main component
of the project, Koyna IV, was thesubject of major delays at start-up. Then SciSpace would allow you
to download your references in The World Bank Economic Review Endnote style according to
Elsevier guidelines. In addition, GOM issued directives to MSEB to provide and maintain additional
Page 5. It's like a masterclass to be explored at your own pace. These two variables should capture
the relative equality of in?uence. MSEB was also restricted from takingmuch needed actions to
recover dues from non-paying consumers leading to an everincreasing burden of receivables, most of
which, because of its age, has now become anuncollectable bad debt. Socio-economic survey was
carried out by GOM with the assistance of localconsultants in 1995-96, to assess the living standards
of affected persons and to identify thetype of assistance required for those who are still living below
minimum living standards. GOI also accelerated development ofthe relatively efficient central
utilities, particularly NTPC. Objective (a) expanding regional peaking capacity at least cost. Digital
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the post-baseline period coincided with the 2014 Ebola outbreak. Public Disclosure Authorized
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The findings suggest that households would benefit from a broader definition of the eligibility
criteria and the availability of flexible and complementary programming, to reap the benefits of the
income transfer received from the program. Well qualified MSEB operations andmaintenance staff
will ensure that the physical achievements of the project, the Koyna IV plant and thetransmission
lines, will be sustained for the planned lives of the components of thirty to forty years.However,
MSEB's general financial position continues to deteriorate; it remains a burden on the
State'sfinances. By 1988, a ten year old NTPC was already providing about 12% of the SEBs'
bulkelectricity supplies, and had emerged as an efficient utility, making a return of about 17% onits
assets (most of which were less than fives years old). 5. In the late 1980s, GOI continued with its
initiative to reduce the power sectorinefficiencies, and to minimize their repercussions on future
sector development. When theexpensive private power comes on stream, MSEB's finances will be
badly impacted, and thesituation will worsen because MSEB will have to frequently back down its
own low-costgeneration in order to fulfil the contractual obligations which MSEB has entered into
with theindependent power producers. The loan proposal was appraised in 1989, contract
agreementfor which was signed on 11th September 1989, and it became effective on 14th
December1989. Early, detailed and careful attention tothe issues must be part of project preparation,
and the details need to be prepared by theinstitution which will be responsible for the rehabilitation.
Teams Enable groups of users to work together to streamline your digital publishing. Prospect Group
Policy Research Working Papers 2018 by Shantayanan Devarajan, Delfin S. Also the quality and
reliability of the supplied electricity was mostlyunsatisfactory. In addition, the provisionof
employment opportunities in the project, subject to availability and suitability was alsoenvisaged.
Table 2: Experiences with paying taxes and fees across Africa (Afrobarometer. The worldwide
governance indicators: methodology and analytical. The WorldBank scrutinized drawings for civil
works of water conductor system of Koyna-IV.The World Bank readily accepted the separation of
supply of steel plates 1 (ICB-3) -forPressure Shaft lining, floating independent package for Design
and supply ofHydraulic Hoist and gates. Yet, results point to a positive relationship between
perceptions of the in?uence that. It may be noted that the bidders do not have any reasonto go on
extending validity of their offers unless asked for. Industrialization in the Developing World
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labor market impacts of global migration patterns, and considers the impact on destination and
source countries, as well as the migrants themselves. A few people suffered damages to their
standing crops and fruit-bearing trees, when erection during the growing season was inevitable, and
they were paidagreed compensation for the losses. 15. In general, sub-stations were sited on vacant
government land in order to avoid asmuch as possible land acquisition or other adverse impacts.
TheImplementing Agencies for the project were the Irrigation Department of the Government of
Maharashtra(GOMID) and the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB). Alternatively, it may be
the case that citizens who believe that donors and non-state. Thus the sector is unlikely to be able to
attractinvestments in the amounts needed for electricity developments to support
Maharashtra'seconomic development. This heterogeneity indicates that population shocks lead to an
increase in urban relative to rural populations.. There is evidence of coherence between the World
Bank's political agenda and the sectoral and regional distribution of its loan portfolio. Interference
by the Government of Maharashtra(GOM) in the operations of MSEB resulted in MSEB being
unable to perform as a commercial utility. In these plots, the dark and light panels correspond. The
NationalThermal Power Corporation (NTPC) was (and remains) the one notable exception in
thispicture. Figure 8: This figure illustrates the first diferences of the willingness to accept. The
project's stated objective were to improve the power supply and operating efficiency of theWestern
Region and to improve the retail power tariff structure of Maharashtra State Electricity
Board(MSEB), strengthen MSEB's financial position, and introduce institutional improvements (Part
I,paragraphs 9 and 10). Maharashtra has inquired as to whether the Bank would be able to support
with anew loan or other instrument, its plans to further develop its hydroelectric potential,
inparticular a pumped storage scheme at Koyna (Phase V). There was definite package-
wiseprocurement schedule. Some by Franziska Ohnsorge and Shu Yu by Raju Huidrom, M.
Figure 7: This figure illustrates the efect of donor and non-state actor service. Also the quality and
reliability of the supplied electricity was mostlyunsatisfactory. SSRN World Bank Policy Research
Working Paper Series. This inefficiency wasfurther compounded by the added substantial cost of
additional maintenance for the coal- Page 8. NGO or donor for the lack of improvement in service
delivery. Out of 110 families identifiedunder this program, 107 families have been offered assistance
to start the income generationactivities. A veryheartening feature of Mission visits was their
professional approach. The results suggest that production gradually favors conserving the earth's
resources as gross domestic product increases, but increased efficiency alone is not sufficient to
offset the effects of growth in scale. Atechnical specialist visited the field in 1992, and discovered
that 530 families would beaffected, primarily by land acquisition. A full account of how the state's
power sector has deteriorated in the 1990s is containedin the Implementation Completion Report
(Report No. 19236 ) for the Second Maharashtra Power Project(Loan 3498-IN)'. In 1980 plant load
factors averaged 42%, and about 800tons of coal were required to produce one million units of
electricity. The sample, drawn from a continuum of developing societies in. It's very easy. If you need
help, our support team is always ready to assist you. The main component of the project, Koyna
IV,cost less than estimated to construct, and is the least cost solution to supplying system peak
demand. India will soon employ an inter-regional electricity tradingsystem, which is expected to
bring a significant improvement in grid discipline, through afrequency-linked pool rate. World bank
policy research working paper no 5430 - AICOM. But, the underlying developmental outcome to
strengthen MSEBwas only marginally successful and is unlikely to be sustained (paragraph 16).
These lines needed about7,000 hectares of land for right-of-way for which MSEB was require to
obtain clearance ofthe Ministry of Revenue and Forests, GOM, and of the Ministry of Environment
and Forest,GOI. Figure 1: There is a large literature that examines the relationship between the. An
implementing team in GOMID had not been established and bidding documents had rnotbeen
prepared. As the present report is only for GOMID i.e. Part-A only,the project objectives as detailed
in Project Agreement were as under: 1. These works demonstrate that the more citizens perceive. The
paymentof compensation and providing alternative sites to those displaced by the project have
beencompleted. The Afrobarometer asked respondents whether they agree. Figure 4: The separation
plot suggests that both models perform well in assigning. MSEB was also restricted from
takingmuch needed actions to recover dues from non-paying consumers leading to an everincreasing
burden of receivables, most of which, because of its age, has now become anuncollectable bad debt.
There was definite package-wiseprocurement schedule. No additional flows have been diverted, and
no extra water is utilized. In response to GOMID andDEA requests, the closing date for the loan
account was extended twice from December 31,1996 to December 31, 1998. These two variables
should capture the relative equality of in?uence.
It hassince become clear that a sustainable solution to the sector's problems cannot be achieved
byrevitalizing the SEB, as attempted in this project, but rather requires a focus on addressingthe root
causes of the crisis:- the politicization of decisions, non-technical losses due to theft,lack of a
commercial culture, which can be achieved only through structuring the state powersector. This
scheme, to increase peaksupplies by 1,000 MW, was least cost, minimized the displacement of
population and had minimalenvironmental impacts because no new reservoir was needed and the
scheme would be built by theGovernment of Maharashtra's Irrigation Department (GOMID) almost
entirely underground (Part I,paragraphs 6, 7 and 8). The Koyna Dam is located 56 km west of
Karad,and the power station site is located 25 km from Chiplun, which is on the coastal road
fromBombay to Goa. Reviews of rehabilitation works by World Bank mission was important
inaccelerating actions. The civil works and the turbines in a project of this nature are
inextricablyinter-linked. Work from home assignments sri lanka parts of the research proposal. It is
doubtful if the position will improve unless Maharashtra entersinto a program of reform, as
recommended by its consultants. E. BANK PERFORMANCE 27. Investment costs quickly balloon
as the rural accessibility index increases, questioning the affordability of universal access to paved
roads for many countries by 2030. It also explores the drivers of these costs, by exploring hundreds
of scenarios that combine alternative assumptions on the level of service targeted, population growth,
urbanization, industrial demand, and technology cost. You can write your entire paper as per the The
World Bank Economic Review guidelines and auto format it. This will encourage regional
interchanges of electricity andwill lead to great economic advantages to India. Malik Khalid
Mehmood Evaluation framework and approaches for institutional development and organis. ARVs;
the Government of Botswana pays doctors and nurses; PEPFAR money has. It was thus agreed that
MSEB wouldestablish an Environmental and Forest Affairs Unit. 4. MSEB improved on this agreed
approach. The relationship between perceptions of the state's enforcement capacity among ordinary.
On the other hand, the provision of goods and services by donors. For most countries, the average
premium disappears when the public sector is compared to only formal sector private employees,
especially when controlling for occupation. Firms and residents choose their location within the city
given the transport network and land availability, generating a pattern of commercial and residential
land-use. Keywords: Sub-Saharan Africa, Legitimacy, Aid Effectiveness. However, why use a
template when you can write your entire manuscript on SciSpace, auto format it as per The World
Bank Economic Review's guidelines and download the same in Word, PDF and LaTeX formats. As a
result of the combinationof these procurement complexities, an already tight implementation
schedule was delayedin its start-up by two and half years compared with the schedule envisaged at
the time ofappraisal. Loan 3096-IN closed on December 31, 1998, after two one-year extensions.
Findings also suggest that citizens who believe non-state. TheImplementing Agencies for the project
were the Irrigation Department of the Government of Maharashtra(GOMID) and the Maharashtra
State Electricity Board (MSEB). Figure 1: There is a large literature that examines the relationship
between the. Government of Maharashtra (GOM) wasalready actively seeking proposals from the
private sector for projects to be constructedduring the Eighth Plan. 7. Demand for electricity in
Maharashtra, with a population of 75 million, was growingat a rate of about 9% per year. Ayhan
Kose, Sergio Kurlat, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara by Hans Lofgren and Martin
Cicowiez by Csilla Lakatos and Franziska Lieselotte by Syud Amer Ahmed, Maurizio Bussolo,
Marcio Cruz, Delfin S. With cost-benefit analysis, there are large uncertainties and empirical
observations of protection standards are limited. MSEB has established an Environmental Protection
Cell (EPC), whose effortsto-date have included various environmental impacts studies, and where
appropriate theimplementation of the results. Because of this high thermal share, a substantial
portion of peak demand was being metmainly with thermal plant, which for the Western Regior.
Second, for most services there a large gap -- 3 to 41 percentage points—between nominal and
effective access. Alternatively, it may be the case that citizens who believe that donors and non-
state. It is unlikely that these will happen in the absenceof comprehensive reforms which distance the
sector from the state government, whichenables independent regulation and which brings in
commercially-oriented, privateownership and management in distribution. Findings suggest that
perceptions of non-state actors and donors have a. The random efects of intercepts at the individual,
PSU, country, and ethnic group level. The Consultants have also trained MSEB engineers in India as
well as in New Zealand. Page 34. The paper shows that the percentage of savers is low, and savings
are frequently informal. A veryheartening feature of Mission visits was their professional approach.
This conformed to the policy of the South Asia Region that closing dates areonly extended under
unusual circumstances beyond the control of the beneficiary or borrower - in thiscase because of
delays at start-up (Part I, paragraph 17) and delays during construction (Part I, paragraph19), which
were beyond the control of the beneficiary. 6. Rate of Return: (Part I, paragraphs 22 and 23). GIFs
Highlight your latest work via email or social media with custom GIFs. In addition, the provisionof
employment opportunities in the project, subject to availability and suitability was alsoenvisaged. I
include two measures of citizens' perceptions of the honesty and trans-. Initially, it was proposed
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Codes for your digital content. The proposal was to more than double the power capacity of the
Koyna site with thefourth stage development in parallel to the existing first and second stages. Their
rationale for expanding non-state welfare pro- vision generally emphasizes the. This Guide attempts
to meet this need by providing easy-to-comprehend inputs and practical guidance for establishing
and operating macroprudential policy framework as appropriate for relevant jurisdictions. It is
doubtful if the position will improve unless Maharashtra entersinto a program of reform, as
recommended by its consultants. E. BANK PERFORMANCE 27. Similar to pre-modern European
states, African states'. The Andhra Pradesh Government has recently launched acomprehensive
program of reforms in the power sector, but only after APSEB's situation hadreached crisis
proportions. As the present report is only for GOMID i.e. Part-A only,the project objectives as
detailed in Project Agreement were as under: 1. Xj(kl) refers to individual socio-demographic factors
and. Africans' views towards democracy, economics, and civil society with random, stratified. World
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extent to which. The requirement of extra time in civilpart were mainly; because of (i) the occurrence
of breccia instead of goodbasalt.
These draw waterfrom Lake Shivajisagar, the reservoir behind the existing Koyna Dam. Policy
research working paper 5430 - Coursework Service. Issuu turns PDFs and other files into interactive
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Solapur and Parbhani in January 1996; and (iv) Final Report (preliminary) and final report in the
month of March 1996 andMay 1996 respectively. Some by Franziska Ohnsorge and Shu Yu by Raju
Huidrom, M. Governance indicator of government efectiveness, in the model. The transmission and
distribution componentswere completed ahead of time and under budget. World bank policy research
working paper no 5430 - AICOM. The WorldBank scrutinized drawings for civil works of water
conductor system of Koyna-IV.The World Bank readily accepted the separation of supply of steel
plates 1 (ICB-3) -forPressure Shaft lining, floating independent package for Design and supply
ofHydraulic Hoist and gates. Table 4: First diferences of donor and non-state actor service provision
on will-. The results suggest that procedural fair- ness, specifically, citizens'. This scheme, to increase
peaksupplies by 1,000 MW, was least cost, minimized the displacement of population and had
minimalenvironmental impacts because no new reservoir was needed and the scheme would be built
by theGovernment of Maharashtra's Irrigation Department (GOMID) almost entirely underground
(Part I,paragraphs 6, 7 and 8). With the available African data, I cannot identify how. A few people
suffered damages to their standing crops and fruit-bearing trees, when erection during the growing
season was inevitable, and they were paidagreed compensation for the losses. 15. In general, sub-
stations were sited on vacant government land in order to avoid asmuch as possible land acquisition
or other adverse impacts. Conclusion Execution of the KHEP STAGE-IV can be considered as a
successful story in the history ofexternally aided projects. The planincluded the Koyna Phase IV
scheme, which was to more than double the capacity of theexisting hydroelectric site from 880 MW
to 1,880 MW4. This restructuring includes, inter alia, the unbundling of monopoly
utilities,corporatization, establishment of independent regulatory commission, tariff reforms,
andprivatization of distribution. C. MAJOR FACTORS AFFECTING THE PROJECT 17. The
facilities undertaken include: internal roads, crossdrainage works, open sewers, community toilets,
upgrading of water schemes, upgrading ofprimary schools, etc. Because of this high thermal share,
the peak demand in the WesternRegion was being partially met with expensive-to-run thermal plant.
In the case of this project, only through continualBank staff involvement were the issues eventually
resolved, many years after they should have been.Failure could well have been the result. Add Links
Send readers directly to specific items or pages with shopping and web links. Technicalspecifications
were not ready at the time of loan approval, and the pre-qualification of thecivil works contractors
was left to be performed in the initial stages of implementation.This resulted in substantial delays in
project start-up and completion (see paragraph 17 and18 above). The paper also describes the
methodology employed in the creation of the scenarios, including expert interview methods and a
day-long workshop. The proposal was to more than double the power capacity of the Koyna site with
thefourth stage development in parallel to the existing first and second stages. The implementation of
Koyna IV took two to three yearslonger than planned because the project was not adequately
prepared at the time of loanapproval, resulting inter alia in higher costs, and charges, which could
have been lower, onun-disbursed portions of the loan. 38. Resettlement and rehabilitation It is
difficult and time consuming to fixresettlement problems during project implementation. As a result
of the combinationof these procurement complexities, an already tight implementation schedule was
delayedin its start-up by two and half years compared with the schedule envisaged at the time
ofappraisal. My dependent variable is whether respondents agree with the statement. Thus, the
support treatment of Koyna-IV water conductor watersystem provided is in tune with latest
development in this field. The Bank was forced to take such strong measures as
suspendingdisbursement (including the Second Maharashtra Power Project) and subsequently
canceling loans. Interference by theGovernment of Maharashtra (GOM) in the operations of MSEB
resulted in MSEB beingunable to perform as a commercial utility.

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