{"id":141141,"date":"2015-08-06T11:24:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T11:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=141141"},"modified":"2015-08-06T14:36:30","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T14:36:30","slug":"scientific-dumsor-report-see-which-areas-enjoy-or-suffer-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/scientific-dumsor-report-see-which-areas-enjoy-or-suffer-most\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific Dumsor report: See which areas enjoy or suffer most"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ask someone in Cantonments about\u00a0dumsor\u00a0and they might respond, \u201cWhat is\u00a0dumsor?\u201d And it won\u2019t be just because he or she is a foreign diplomat unfamiliar with the local slang for erratic power supply. It could also be because residents of Cantonments hardly experience the energy crisis popularly called “dumsor,” unlike residents of, say, Chorkor.<\/p>\n
As Ghanaians continue to endure crippling power cuts, everyone has a\u00a0dumsor\u00a0story\u2014loss of business, unemployment, undone homework, unplanned pregnancy, and so on. Every now and then, people report the situation is getting better or worse\u2014depending on where they live.\u00a0 So, until now, the big picture has been dark. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Dumsor Report<\/i>\u00a0is the first scientific analysis of load-shedding patterns as experienced by consumers. Researchers selected respondents from 32 areas of Accra (based on ECG\u2019s last published schedule) to report each time their power went on or off between April 28 to May 11, 2015. Analysis of the data shows the following results:<\/p>\n “The data quantify three main aspects to the dumsor crisis: shortage, uncertainty, <\/b>and inequality,” says Kobina Aidoo, the report’s author. “While the shortage is known by all and the uncertainty is experienced by most, the inequality in distribution is an eye-opener. We did not find a\u00a0clear\u00a0pattern linking power supply to affluence but it is insightful to see\u00a0that some of the areas where most people can afford generators are getting three times as much electricity as the areas where most people can’t. Thus, this crisis is worsening inequality in Ghana. We can’t increase supply overnight, but we can certainly improve certainty and equality,” he adds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Commenting on the study, industry expert Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby says the\u00a0findings show\u00a0that\u00a0“the only schedule that matters is where ECG thinks it will get paid.”<\/p>\n The Dumsor Report allows Ghanaians to begin to analyze these patterns with hard data rather than just anecdotes.<\/p>\n The report is in the form of six main charts:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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