This paper presents evidence that household energy use in Uganda conforms to the energy ladder theory. As household … infrastructure have varying impacts on rural and urban households' energy mix, these variables generally reduce rudimentary fuel use … improve Ugandan households' energy security. …

As two of the most important instruments for dealing with the issues of energy supply security, strategic petroleum … its strategic oil reserves to ensure energy security, it is of great importance to investigate China's optimal oil … alleviating the energy insecurity of an oil-importing country. Employing a dynamic programming framework, this paper examines the …

of the world's people and more than half of the world's economic activity and energy consumption. The future of Asia and … energy and food prices and the more stringent the level of emissions mitigation, the more stress poor populations experience …

The POLES energy model has been used to assess Asia's role in combating climate change and the benefits it stands to … the benefits to their economies from reduced energy import bills. The costs of reaching ambitious emission reduction … targets are offset by significant ancillary benefits, such as reduced energy import bills. Lower energy prices account for a …

The article analyses economic barriers leading to the energy efficiency gap in the market for energy-using products by …, washing machines, TVs, and light bulbs. Results indicate that market barriers are crucial in the demand for energy efficient … options, and consumer response to changes in appliance prices, total expenditures, and energy prices depends on the …

customers and preferential tariff policy. These can be well designed to be combined with DSM and energy efficiency policy. …