Energy for Development (eBook)

Twenty-first Century Challenges of Reform and Liberalization in Developing Countries

Rangaswamy Vedavalli (Autor)

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2007
509 Seiten
NBN International - Anthem Press (Verlag)
978-1-84331-377-9 (ISBN)

Infos

A pioneering study on energy sector reform and liberalization in developing countries.

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This comprehensive text offers a rare and insightful investigation into the energy sector of the developing world. ‘Energy for Development’ provides comparative case studies of countries going through the reform process, evaluates reform experience, discusses the lessons that can be learned and identifies challenges faced by these countries at the national and global level. A topical and timely book which seeks to explore the anxieties and insecurities of the global energy sector since 2001.

Autor

lt;p>Rangaswamy Vedavalli is the former World Bank Principal Economist and Manager of Energy Operations.

Inhalt

Abbreviations; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Preface; 1. The challenge of increasing access to energy for development; 2. Changing global energy industry: implications for developing countries; 3. Energy financing in developing countries in the pre- and post-1990s: towards energy sector reform and liberalization; 4. Whither energy sector reform and liberalization in developing countries? A reality check; 5. Energy sector reform and liberalization: case studies; 6. Energy sector reform and liberalization and energy for the poor; 7. Energy sector liberalization in developing countries: lessons and twenty-first century challenges; 8. The way forward; Bibliography; Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.3.2007
• Zusatzinfo: 100+ tables and graphs
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• ISBN-10: 1-84331-377-4 / 1843313774
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84331-377-9 / 9781843313779