The chapter demonstrates the link between societal perception of the dependency on imports and the importance of energy resource and its price. A comparison between various countries differing in their perceptions of threat illustrates discrepancies in approaches to securing energy markets and...

This companion piece to the Fall 2022 ECA Economic Update provides an overview of the policy options available to countries to respond to the energy price shock and examines how this crisis could harness the clean energy transition to enhance collective energy security. The options to support...

Many developing countries are unable to provide their industrial sector with reliable power and many enterprises have to contend with electricity that is insufficient and of poor quality. Because of these constraints, firms in developing countries opt for self-generation even though it is widely...