This book uses electricity-sector reforms to question some of the preconceived ideas concerning
the MENA region and to provide a broader analysis of related political economy issues. It
presents potential further developments of MENA's electricity-sector reforms taking into
consideration the region's unique constraints and opportunities and discusses the practical
limits of reform and deregulation. Specifically it examines the relationship between reforms
and oil prices from a new perspective and presents alternatives to the Single Buyer
Model.Complementing existing research on electricity-sector reforms in other emerging markets
the book provides a new analytical framework for assessing reforms that can be easily applied
to other markets and sectors.
