Assess the impact of reforms on the region's power sector and electrification of the rural and urban poor.

Objectives of the theme

• <!--          Assessing Uganda’s effectiveness of current power sector reform with special emphasis on the performance of the legal and regulatory framework.
• Examine autonomy (independence) of the newly established regulatory bodies such as Rural Electrification Agency, and Electricity Regulatory Authority.
•  Identify mechanisms of financial resource mobilization in a reformed environment.
• Assessing the impact of reforms on electricity provision for rural and urban poor.

 Key Research Issues

• <!--[        Impact of the proposed new legal and regulatory framework on tariff setting principles, flexibility in tariff setting mechanisms in response to changing market environment and cost reflective tariffs.
• Tariff structures and mechanisms to enable mobilization and channeling of investment towards electrification for the rural and urban poor. 
• Direct and indirect subsidies and modes of their delivery to the rural and urban poor.
• Assessing the impact of power sector reform legislation on the performance of independent power distributor’s (efficiency, service delivery, revenue collection, etc.)
•  Impact of power sector reform on the mobilization of domestic and international investment.