Publication date: 2008, June
Author: NA
Description: In Guinea-Bissau, the Government has been unable, for many years, to make the necessary investments in the energy sector. As a consequence, the energy crisis constitutes a serious bottleneck that, coupled with other deficiencies in infrastructure (in the areas of transport, communication and water) hamper socio-economic recovery – without which peace consolidation can hardly materialize. In this context, it is no exaggeration to say that a long-lasting crisis in the energy sector could eventually become a humanitarian crisis.
