Experience with Independent Power Projects in Developing Countries
As part of PESD's ongoing research on power sector reform, the program has focused on the special role of independent power projects (IPPs). Many countries institute reform with the goal of attracting private (usually foreign) investors in new generating capacity. IPPs, rather than across-the-board reform, are ...

Effects of Power Sector Reform on Energy Services for the World's Poor
Download a pdf of The Effects of Power Sector Reform on Energy Services for the World's Poor by David Victor. This is a draft and not for quotation or citation.

The Political Economy of Power Sector Reform
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Results: Baker-Stanford Study
The joint James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy-Stanford University PESD study on the geopolitical implications of the worldwide shift to natural gas is nearly complete. Final drafts of the individual case studies and working papers which were presented at the Geopolitics of Gas Conference are availabl ...