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Co-published with The Graduate Institute, this book examines how energy issues have intensified with modern development, how they shape geopolitics and access to energy in Africa, and how inconsistent energy governance really is. It discusses energy policy options in developing and emerging countries and questions the role of development aid.

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Author:   Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies ,  G. Carbonnier
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780230282483

ISBN 10:   0230282482
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   14 June 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART I: DOSSIER: ENERGY AND DEVELOPMENT Energy and Development; G.Carbonnier & J.Grinevald Towards Global Energy Governance: How to Patch the Patchwork; S.de Jong Energy Security and Sub-Saharan Africa; E.Meierding Old Wine in New Bottles?: Does Climate Policy Determine Bilateral Development Aid for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency?; A.Michaelowa & K.Michaelowa Challenges in the Energy Sector in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: An Evaluation of 18 Years of Swiss Economic Cooperation; G.Bonvin Indian Energy Policy and Strategy: Pre- and Post-Copenhagen 2009; M.Shenoy, G.Jain & T.Parthasarathy Pay to Preserve: The Global Politics of Ecuador's Yasuní–ITT Proposal; P.L.Martin PART II: REVIEW: MAJOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY TRENDS Advancing Sustainable Development in Global Trade and Multilateral Negotiations; C.Bellman, A.A.Latif & J.Hepburn Aspects of Development Financing After the Financial and Economic Crisis; B.Gurtner Migration and Development: The Policies of China and India with Regard to their Overseas Communities; J.Elie, M.Lieber & C.Lutringer INFOGRAPHIC SECTION Energy and Development Development Policy Trends

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AHMED ABDEL LATIF Intellectual Property and Technology Programme Manager at the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Switzerland CHRISTOPHE BELLMANN Programmes Director, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Switzerland GUY BONVIN Deputy Head of Infrastructure Financing, Economic Cooperation and Development at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Bern, Switzerland SIJBREN DE JONG Research Fellow at Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium JÉRÔME ELIE Researcher and Coordinator of Activities of the Programme for the Study of Global Migration at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland JACQUES GRINEVALD Professor of Global Ecology, Philosopher and Historian of Scientific and Technological Development at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland BRUNO GURTNER Economist, Journalist and President of the Global Board of Directors, Tax Justice Network (TJN), Switzerland JONATHAN HEPBURN Agriculture Programme Manager of the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Switzerland GRISHMA JAIN Researcher at the Resource Optimization Initiative (ROI), Bangalore, India MARYLÈNE LIEBER Sociologist, Researcher and Maison d'Analyse des Processus Sociaux at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and Associate Researcher at the French Centrefor Research on Contemporary China (CEFC), Taipei, Taiwan CHRISTINE LUTRINGER Researcher at the Centre for Asian Studies of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, and Researcher at the Centre for Area and Cultural Studies of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland PAMELA L. MARTIN Associate Professor of Politics at the Coastal Carolina University, USA EMILY MEIERDING Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland AXEL MICHAELOWA Senior Founding Partner of the consultancy firm Perspectives Climate Change and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Comparative and International Studies (CIS), Zurich, Switzerland KATHARINA MICHAELOWA Professor of Political Economy and Development at the University of Zurich, and Director of the Centre for Comparative and International Studies (CIS), Zurich, Switzerland TARA PARTHASARATHY Consultant at the Climate Works Foundation, New Delhi, India MEGHA SHENOY Research Director at the Resource Optimization Initiative (ROI), Bangalore, India, and Visiting Fellow at the Center for Industrial Ecology of Yale University, USA

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