Some technologies with potential benefits for the electricity sector in LDCs, such as the “Internet of Things", remain out of reach for most of these countries (box 4.2). This rapidly evolving context has important implications for governance of the sector, potentially raising questions as to whether current sectoral governance arrangements remain fit for purpose (Scott, 2015). The principal pathways are outlined in figure 4.6. Planning is particularly important for electricity systems because of the mismatch between the time required to build distribution networks and that required to build generation facilities, highlighting the need for coordination of planning processes for generation and transmission (Chattopadhyay et al.,