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Energy access and energy security in Asia and the Pacific
Sovacool, Benjamin K. - 2013
Lack of access to electricity and modern cooking fuels constitutes energy poverty. Access to modern energy requires improved technologies and financing instruments and sources. The pro-poor public-private partnership model is one useful vehicle for raising capital to finance projects. Five...
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Diversification of energy supply : prospects for emerging energy sources
Ross, Michael M. D. - 2014
Asia's burgeoning energy demand has stimulated interest in photovoltaics, wind power, and unconventional gas (shale gas … American gas supply, but may develop slowly in Asia due to challenging geological conditions, lack of geological data, dense … excellent across developing Asia; the wind resource is strong in Afghanistan, the PRC, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Viet Nam …
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Asia's energy adequacy, environmental sustainability, and affordability : an overview
Lee, Minsoo; Park, Donghyun; Saunders, Harry D. - 2014
The three pillars of Asian energy security are an adequate, reliable supply; environmental sustainability; and affordable access for all. As Asians become more affluent, managing demand by tackling outmoded subsidies so prices reflect true costs, exploring green innovations in technology and...
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Financial conditions indexes for Asian economies
Debuque-Gonzales, Margarita; Socorro Gochoco-Bautista, Maria - 2013
Financial conditions indexes (FCIs) are constructed for five Asian economies, namely, Hong Kong, China; Japan; the Republic of Korea; Malaysia; and Singapore, using a principal component analysis (PCA) methodology from Hatzius et al. (2010) and quarterly data. Various financial stress indicators are...
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Energy policy options for sustainable development in Bangladesh
Gunatilake, Herath; Roland-Holst, David W. - 2013
Bangladesh today faces a different future than it did decades ago when relatively abundant natural gas seemed to be the key to prosperity. To support more evidence-based dialogue on energy development, allocation, and pricing reform, this study uses a computable general equilibrium model to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010241528
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Energy security and economics of Indian biofuel strategy in a global context
Gunatilake, Herath; Roland-Holst, David W.; Sugiyarto, … - 2011
The emergence of biofuel as a renewable energy source offers opportunities for climate change mitigation and greater energy security for many countries. At the same time, biofuel represents the possibility of substitution between energy and food. For developing countries like India, which...
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Energy security, food security, and economics of sugarcane bioethanol in India
Gunatilake, Herath; Abeygunawardena, Piyasena - 2011
Energy security has been an important global policy issue for more than 4 decades. Transport biofuels like bioethnol have been receiving increased attention in recent years as a solution to heavy dependence on imported petroleum fuels, which brings destabilizing price effects on the economy and...
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Valuing electricity service attributes : a choice experiment study in Madhya Pradesh, India
Gunatilake, Herath; Patail, Sumeet; Yang, Jui-Chen - 2012
This paper presents the results of a choice experiment study undertaken to value electricity service attributes in Madhya Pradesh, India. Primary data was collected from 2,083 households using stratified random sampling method. Results show that existing service is very poor and consumers have...
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Oil security issues in Asia and the Pacific
Isaak, David - 2014
standardization. In 2010, 76% of all Middle East exports went to Asia, but oil from the Middle East and Africa will not satisfy the …By 2010, demand for oil in developing Asia substantially exceeded that of North America and Europe combined, but demand …
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Power sector development in Myanmar
Nam, Kee-yung; Cham, Maria Rowena; Halili, Paulo Rodelio - 2015
While the economic literature has yet to establish whether greater electricity consumption leads to faster economic growth, or vice versa, it is widely accepted that the better provision of electricity can enable pro-poor growth. Because electricity consumption is expected to grow in emerging...
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