This study assesses the accuracy of time-series econometric methods in forecasting electricity demand in developing … simple heuristic models, which assume that electricity demand grows at an exogenous rate or is proportional to real gross …

people use electricity. As expected, users are disproportionately urban and rich. In communities with access to electricity … electricity vary in availability, with six countries allowing 30 kilowatt-hours or less of electricity usage a month at low prices … needed for electricity at the subsistence and other levels. Affordability varied across countries, with grid electricity even …

dependency on hydropower for electricity. Given highly volatile international energy prices and expected global warming, it is … becoming increasingly important to manage the demand for electricity. However, the country has long been faced with a … significant problem of electricity metering. About one-third of total energy is lost for technical and nontechnical reasons. This …

The Government of Montenegro is preparing an electricity tariff reform due to recent developments in the national and … regional electricity markets. Electricity tariffs for residential consumers in Montenegro are likely to gradually increase by … and vulnerable households in particular. Higher electricity prices could also significantly increase the proportion of …

This paper focuses on three interrelated questions on urbanization and the geography of development. First, although we … herald cities with their industrial bases as "engines of growth," does industrialization in fact drive urbanization? While … industrialization correlate only weakly with changes in urbanization. This suggests that policy and institutional factors may also …