Sub-Saharan Africa
August 27th, 2007
PESD associate reports to Boston Globe on unclean oil alternatives
in the news: Boston Globe on August 19, 2007Mike Jackson suggests carbon policies to guide energy projects towards cleaner technologies at times of high oil prices Read more »
June 21st, 2007
BP Foundation awards $7.5 million to Stanford for research on energy markets
The BP Foundation has awarded a five-year, $7.5 million grant to Stanford University's Program on Energy and Sustainable Development to support research on modern energy markets. The foundation is funded by BP, one of the world's largest energy companies. Read more »
March 5th, 2007
Cambridge University Press prints "Political Economy of Power Sector Reform"
The collaborative book by experts in the political economy of energy, edited to include a provocative introduction and conclusion by David Victor and Tom Heller, looks in depth at five cases of reform in developing countries. The book is available for purchase in hardcover. Read more »
December 4th, 2006
NYU Journal of International Law & Politics publishes PESD study results
Erik Woodhouse publishes the final report from PESD's multi-year study on privately owned power plants in emerging markets. The study, appearing in the next issue of the New York University Journal of International Law & Politics, explains the wide variation in experiences as foreign investors have built and operated overseas power plants. 
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November 1st, 2006
PESD researcher Erik Woodhouse presents at MIGA/Georgetown symposium on international political risk management
On November 3rd, Erik Woodhouse presented key findings from PESD's study on independent power producers around the globe and discuss the study's implications for future investment at a symposium sponsored by the World Bank's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency and Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. Read more »
August 18th, 2006
Researchers publish critique of South Africa's pro-poor energy policy
In collaboration with researchers at the Energy Research Centre at the University of Capetown, PESD researchers David Victor and Becca Elias comment on the economics of South Africa's Free Basic Electricity Tariff. Read more »
May 9th, 2006
PESD Director David Victor addresses chaotic world of energy policy
Op-ed: Financial Times (London) on May 9, 2006The world's energy system seems to have come unhinged. Oil is trading at record high prices because demand keeps rising even as supplies become unreliable. Oil exporters from Iran to Russia and Venezuela are using their petrocash to pursue agendas that undercut western security and interests. Supplies of natural gas also seem less secure than ever. Read more »




