TY - BOOK AU - Munashinghe, Mohan AU - Gilling, Joseph AU - Mason, Melody TI - A review of World Bank lending for electric power U1 - 333.793 PY - 1988/// CY - Washington PB - World Bank KW - Energía Eléctrica KW - Proyectos de Desarrollo KW - Banco Mundial KW - Financiación N1 - 04256; This paper presents the results of an evaluation of about 300 power projects financed by the World Bank and IDA between 1965 and 1983. The study shows a declining trend in power sector performance in spite of Bank involvement in the sector. It recommends greater emphasis on: improving productive and allocative efficiency; increasing incentives for enhanced utility efficiency; strengthening of power-energy-macroeconomic linkages; improving investment planning to achieve a better balance between generation and distribution, and giving greater emphasis to rehabilitation and maintenance ER -