Energy for development : twenty-first century challenges of reform and liberalization in developing countries / Rangaswamy Vedavalli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vedavalli, R. (Rangaswamy)

Series:

Anthem studies in development and globalization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy consumption--Developing countries.

Energy consumption.

Power resources--Developing countries.

Power resources.

Developing countries.

Energy policy--Developing countries.

Energy policy.

Physical Description:

xxi, 487 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2007.

Summary:

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 the challenges at the national and global level which these developing countries face. A topical and timely book which seeks to explore the anxiety and insecurities of the global energy sector since 2001.

Contents:

The challenge of increasing access to energy for development

Changing global energy industry : implications for developing countries

Energy financing in developing countries in the pre-and post-1990s : towards energy sector reform and liberalization

Whither energy sector reform and liberalization in developing countries? : a reality check

Energy sector reform and liberalization : case studies

Energy sector reform and liberalization and energy for the poor

Energy sector liberalization in developing countries : lessons and twenty-first century challenges

The way forward.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [475]-482) and index.

ISBN:

1843312239

9781843312239

OCLC:

67239802