The brief explains how the IFC in coordination with other development partners, helped to bring private sector participation into the power sector in Liberia by structuring a partnership between the government of Liberia and a private partner. As there was a lack of market appetite for a fully private option, in April 2010, IFC concluded the design and tendering of a five-year management contract for the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), the electricity utility in the capital city of Monrovia.

The Kribi Power Plant Project comprises:

The Dibamba Thermal Power Project comprises of the following components:

• The construction of a 88 MW power plant fuelled with heavy fuel oil (HFO) at the site in Yassa village; and

• The construction of energy transmission facilities, including:

1. (i)  A step-up substation at the plant site (11 to 90 kV) at the plant site; and

2. (ii)  A 1.8 km 90 kV double circuit transmission line between the plant and a connection to existing 90 kV transmission lines which run to Ngodi-Bekoko substation at Bekoko.

This SmartLesson explores the difficulties and obstacles in promoting public-private partnerships as a means of strengthening the private sector and thus the country’s economy. South Sudan is considered a fragile post-conflict state and falls under IFC’s Conflict Affected States in Africa Initiative.

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This document, named NEP 2.0, is an updated version following the release of the NEP in 2017. The Govern- ment expressed its commitment to steadily update the electrification targets and timetables based on new analytics and progress on the ground. The fol- lowing new analytics have become available as well as implementation progress and lessons learned over the first year of implementation:

The list functions primarily as a tool to help the WBG adapt its approaches, policies, and instruments in difficult and complex environments. The WBG also uses it for monitoring and accountability around its support for the most vulnerable and marginalized communities.

Private sector investment is essential to support the budgets of governments to deliver basic infrastructure services. Especially in the developing world, PPPs can enhance the scope, quality and timely delivery of basic public services. However, a number of factors make it difficult for the private sector to get involved in the delivery of infrastructure services in developing countries.

Find reading materials and resources on PPPs in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States.

• Increasing Access to Justice in Fragile Settings, World Bank Group 2023. This report explores the paths to increase access to justice in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCS).

Find on this page:

• PPP Policies, Laws and Regulations in FCS

• Sector-specific policies, laws, regulations and guidelines in FCS

  • ICT

  • Power