Recently it has become popular among oil-producing countries to establish oil revenue funds, which are believed to stabilize the economy. However their effectiveness is still under debates. The objectives of this paper to determine what makes funds effective in oil-producing countries. The...

The paper empirically investigates the effects of various economic, legal, meteorological and technical factors in explaining the theft from electric utilities in Pakistan. We obtained elasticity of electricity theft with respect to different variables mentioned. Panel data from nine utilities...

It is becoming increasingly obvious that our world is facing an energy crisis that is combined with an environmental and climatic problem. The key challenge for this century and beyond consists therefore in developing new energy technologies that allow the generation of power in a sustainable,...

The Target is to examine new method of setting baseline for Clean Development Mechanism proposed by the CDM-EB at UN. The proposal is to reduce transaction costs so that projects in smaller countries can be supported and focus is placed more on energy efficiency projects.Stuies are based on...

Although fertilizer use has substantially increased overtime in Pakistan, its application is highly imbalanced resulting in wastage of scarce resources and additional cost to farmers and economy as well because fertilizer industry is among major consumers of natural gas in Pakistan. Nitrogenous...

Natural resource dependence is believed to have potential impact on institutional development, and there is growing consensus in the academic literature that institutional weakness is central to the explanation of the negative effects of resource booms. Generally, the quality of institutional...

İnvestigation of the fffect of boric acid content on the structural and optical properties of ZnO films prepared by spray pyrolysis techniqueBoron doped ZnO films were prepared by spray pyrolysis technique at 450 °C substrate temperature, which is a low cost and large area technique to be...

The presence in its territory of huge oil and gas reserves and its geographic-territorial location as a kind of “energy bridge” between Caspian energy and Turks and European markets represent relevant geopolitical factors which have enhanced the strategic relevance of Azerbaijan in the...

Concerned with the problem of increasing environmental degradation, it is important to examine the nature of the relationship between the level of economic activity or income and environmental quality indicators. Unlike studies that have examined the presence of the Environmental Kuznets Curve...

Analyze extractive industry governance in Azerbaijan in comprehensive integrated manner (value chain) in order to ensure long term sustainable development in the country. Qualitative, Quantitative and Comparative methodology to consider the hypothesis and trying to prove that value chain...