Microcredit can be an effective tool for tackling the global poverty problem. Making microcredit work better for the poor necessitates a framework that integrates the principles of good governance in the design and implementation of a microcredit program. The integration of good governance...

This dissertation provides static and dynamic models that capture the various dynamics in the system, the physical and technical constraints, the uncertainty and volatility. The proposed models shed new light on wholesale electricity market design to gain an understanding of how to create...