Ending Africa's energy deficit and the law : achieving sustainable energy for all in Africa / edited by Yinka Omorogbe and Ada Okoye Ordor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Omorogbe, Yinka, editor.

Ordor, Ada Okoye, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Power resources--Africa.

Power resources.

Sustainable development--Africa.

Sustainable development.

Energy policy.

Power resources--Law and legislation.

Africa.

Power resources--Law and legislation--Africa.

Energy policy--Africa.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Contents:

I Introduction And Theoretical Frameworks

1 Universal Access to Modern Energy Services: The Centrality of the Law p. 5 / Yinka Omorogbe

3 Energy Planning p. 13

4 Financing Energy Access p. 18

5 Clean Cooking: The Low Priority Objective? p. 19

6 Renewable Energy p. 20

7 Law and Improved Energy Access: An Unresolved Necessity p. 21

2 Achieving Access to Modern Energy Services: A Study of Legal Strategies p. 26 / Adrian J Bradbrook

2 A Human Right of Access to Energy Services? p. 29

3 Other International Law Strategies p. 35

4 National Legal Measures p. 38

5 Judicial Precedents p. 41

3 Disadvantage, Fairness, and Power Crises in Africa: A Focused Look at Energy Justice p. 45 / Hanri Mostert and Heleen van Niekerk

2 Common Denominator in Energy Crises: A Context p. 46

3 The Justice of 'Sustainable Energy for All' p. 50

4 Regulation as a Catalyst for the Electrification of Africa p. 71 / Hugh Corder and Terhemen Andzenge

2 A Back Page p. 73

3 Regulation p. 76

4 The Role of Regulation in the Electrification of Africa p. 77

5 Regulation to the Rescue for the Electrification of Africa? p. 78

6 The Challenges of Regulation to the Electrification of Africa p. 81

5 Financing Energy Access in Africa p. 86 / Peter Kayode Oniemola and Jane Ezirigwe

2 The Need to Prioritize Financing of Energy Access p. 87

3 Possible Funding Sources and Options p. 89

4 The Role of the Law in Creating an Enabling Environment for Financing Energy Access p. 97

II Crosscutting Issues

6 Legal Integration in Africa and the Approach to Energy Issues: Which Way Forward? p. 111 / Salvatore Mancuso

2 The Main (and Maybe the Only) Experience of Legal Integration in Africa: Ohada p. 114

3 Other Attempts to Harmonize Business Law in Africa p. 117

4 Energy in the Context of Legal Integration p. 125

7 Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Energy Services in Africa: Implications for Development p. 130 / Adebambo Adewopo and Tobias Schonwetter and Helen Chuma-Okoro

2 Intellectual Property Rights: A Conceptual Overview p. 133

3 IP and the Objective of Access to Modern Energy p. 143

4 The Legal IP Framework and the African Scenario p. 151

8 Towards Adopting an Appropriate Dispute Resolution Mechanism to Promote Investments to Enhance Energy Access in Africa p. 162 / Paul Obo Idornigie

2 Dispute Resolution Mechanisms p. 164

3 Appropriate Dispute Resolution Mechanisms p. 165

4 Legal Framework for Arbitration in African States p. 168

5 International Investment Agreements or Treaties with Investment Provisions p. 170

6 Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in the BITs p. 175

7 Recourse Against Arbitral Awards p. 178

8 Enforcement of Arbitral Awards p. 179

III Vulnerability And Energy Access

9 A Gender Aware Approach to Legal and Policy Strategies for Achieving Access to Modern Energy Services in Sub-Saharan Africa p. 185 / Judith Gardam

2 Energy and Poverty p. 187

3 The Gendered Face of Energy Poverty p. 187

4 Current Law and Policy Initiatives in Furtherance of Achieving Gender Equality in Energy Access p. 191

5 Achieving Progress p. 199

10 Energy, Disability, and the Law in Africa p. 205 / Azizat O Amoloye-Adebayo and Nnenna Joy Eboh

2 Energy and the Contextualization of Disability in Africa p. 207

3 Disability, Access to Energy, and the Law in Africa p. 210

4 Future Legal Developments p. 212

11 The Denial of Sustainable Energy as a Violation of Child Rights p. 215 / Ibe Okegbe Ifeakandu

2 Conceptual Clarifications p. 217

3 Energy Needs for Children p. 219

4 Sustainable Energy and Children's Rights in Nigeria, Ghana, and Togo p. 226

IV The Environment

12 Promoting Renewable Energy in African Countries: An Outline of Fiscal and Financial Incentives in South Africa and Nigeria p. 237 / Jan Glazewski and Lee-Ann Steenkamp and Peter Kayode Oniemola

2 South Africa's Fiscal and Financial Measures Promoting Renewable Energy p. 241

3 Nigeria's Fiscal and Financial Measures Promoting Renewable Energy p. 251

13 The Impact of the Water-Energy Nexus in Realizing Sustainable Access to Water and Energy p. 261 / Nkiruka Chidia Maduekwe and Cheri-Leigh Young

2 The Water-Energy Nexus p. 263

3 Sustainable Access to Water, Sanitation, and Energy p. 266

4 Legal Frameworks Governing Water, Sanitation, and Energy Access p. 267

5 Domestic Approaches p. 274

V Decision-Making And Implementation

14 Energy Struggles and City Life in Africa p. 289 / Kabiru K Salami and Adigun A B Agbaje

2 Electricity Supply, Demand, and Access in Africa p. 291

3 Energy Concerns, Security, and Struggles for Quality Services p. 301

4 Innovation and Adoption p. 302

15 South Africa's Minerals-Energy Complex: Flows, Regulation, Governance, and Policing p. 308 / Jan Froestad and Martin Nøkleberg and Clifford Shearing and Hilton Trollip

2 The South African Minerals-Energy Complex p. 308

3 The 1880s to 1994 p. 310

4 1994 to 2004 p. 321

5 2004 to 2015 p. 331

16 Improving Electricity Access through Policy Reform: A Theoretical Statement on Legal Reform in Nigeria's Power Sector p. 344 / Sam Amadi

2 Historical Context of Electricity Supply in Nigeria p. 344

3 The Fundamental Policy Pillars of the Power Sector Reform p. 348

4 Legal Institutionalization of the Policy Fundamentals of the Emergent Electricity Market p. 351

5 Theoretical Analysis of the Role of Law in the Transformation of the Electricity Industry p. 354

6 Mixed Results of the Reform of the Electricity Industry p. 362

7 Analysing the Successes and Failure of Electricity Industry Reform from a Law Reform Perspective p. 367

17 Achieving Effective Law and Policy Frameworks for Access to Sustainable Energy in Africa-A Multidimensional Effort p. 377 / Yinka Omorogbe and Ada Okoye Ordor

2 The Universality of Energy p. 378

3 Energy Justice and the Right of Access to Modern Energy p. 379

4 Finance, Dispute Resolution, and, Surprisingly, Gender p. 380

5 Electricity Access, Politics, and the Law p. 381

6 Negative Impacts of Energy Poverty on Vulnerable Persons p. 384

7 Energy and Environmental Sustainabihty p. 385

8 Intellectual Property as an Enabler or a Stumbling Block p. 385

9 Legal Integration and Energy Access p. 386.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-392) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

0198819838

9780198819837

OCLC:

1020873334