TY - JOUR
T1 - Nigeria's power sector
T2 - Analysis of productivity
AU - Barros, Carlos Pestana
AU - Ibiowie, Ade
AU - Managi, Shunsuke
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - Nigerian electricity market is characterized by inadequate electricity generation framework, compounded by lack of timely routine maintenances. This results in significant deterioration in plant electricity output. This study analyzes the productivity changes in the Nigerian power sector. Productivity increased on average in the power sector by the adoption of new technologies from best-practice power plants. The assumption of Hicks neutral technological change is found not to be suitable for the Nigerian power sector. This study finds that the plants are not using their capacity meaningfully, instead, there is a tendency to use labor.
AB - Nigerian electricity market is characterized by inadequate electricity generation framework, compounded by lack of timely routine maintenances. This results in significant deterioration in plant electricity output. This study analyzes the productivity changes in the Nigerian power sector. Productivity increased on average in the power sector by the adoption of new technologies from best-practice power plants. The assumption of Hicks neutral technological change is found not to be suitable for the Nigerian power sector. This study finds that the plants are not using their capacity meaningfully, instead, there is a tendency to use labor.
KW - Best-practice power plants
KW - Input bias
KW - Nigeria
KW - Power sector
KW - Productivity
KW - Technical efficiency
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eap.2014.02.003
DO - 10.1016/j.eap.2014.02.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84899147047
SN - 0313-5926
VL - 44
SP - 65
EP - 73
JO - Economic Analysis and Policy
JF - Economic Analysis and Policy
IS - 1
ER -