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 ...

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 ...

Results of the Five Country Study of Electricity Market Reform
Our study on the experience of power market reform in five key developing countries is in its final stages. Final drafts of the individual country chapters are available below. For initial results and synthesis, please see the presentations below.

The Experience of Independent Power Projects in Developing Countries
The Experience of Independent Power Projects in Developing Countries

The Political Economy of Power Sector Reform
Book.pdf

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.

Affiliates: Program On Energy and Sustainable Development
PESD is privileged to work with the following centers, organizations, and institutions, both at Stanford University and worldwide.

Coal seminar 2009
PESD Winter Coal Seminar 2009

Baker-Stanford Study on the Geopolitics of Natural Gas
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 paperswhich were presented at the Geopolitics of Gas Conferenceare availabl ...

PESD Research Plan - June 2008
The full PESD research plan dated June 2008.