Although the cashless society has been predicted for at least twenty years, the new forms of card-based and software based electronic money may prove to be a partial alternative to the current forms of payment. This study examines these emerging electronic money systems and their possible...

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Current Economy -- 1 Regulating -- 2 Representing -- 3 Optimizing -- 4 Protesting -- Epilogue: Techno-Economics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S --...

Large and growing subsidies to residential consumers in Mexico have become a major policy concern. This report explains the growth of subsidies, the current distribution of subsidies across income classes, and uses utility and household survey data to simulate how alternative subsidy mechanisms...

This timely book examines the reform of China's vast power generation network and its future energy efficiency and environmental policies. Coal being used for power generation accounts for 54% of China's sulphur dioxide emissions. In 2009, electricity generation consumed 50gce more coal than the...

India is home to one of the world's largest populations without electricity access. Traditionally, the Government of India has extended rural electrification using two instruments: consumption subsidies and free connections to households below the poverty line (BPL). This study centers on...

Intro -- About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Growth of Electric Monopolies -- Pulling the Plug on Nuclear Power in Sacramento -- The Road to Recovery for the Sacramento Municipal...