Empresas públicas na promoção de bens públicos: o caso da Electricidade de Moçambique - EDM

Abstract

The present study analyzes the role of the State in the management of public companies in order to reduce social inequalities, in order to ensure well-being, based on Electricidade de Moçambique. In addition to this analysis, an analysis of the impact arising from the fact that the management of public companies is regulated by the State and the efficient use of resources by the company is carried out. The work was based on bibliographical research, on the Internet and interviews. Based on this analysis, it was concluded that: there are difficulties in supplying electricity, especially to remote communities, as the size of the properties and low family income contribute to making it technically and economically unfeasible to provide electricity through the extension of the network. electricity, since the cost of generating electricity for the rural sector through conventional methods is high, since transport and distribution end up becoming more expensive than the generation itself. However, the State has fulfilled its role in the promotion of electricity, since together with EDM EP, it has sought alternative energy sources for rural areas and thus there is an increase in the number of people with access to electricity ( access to electricity increased from 4.9% of the population in 2001 to 8.2% in.2006). Once these conclusions have been drawn, it is recommended that: EDM E.P. should continue to be majority controlled by the Government and the latter and EDM E.P. could jointly create viable policies for the electrification of the country. An example is the use of renewable energy resources (in the supply of electricity), which offer the use of local labor, do not degrade the environment and facilitate useful economic production on a small scale.