Energy Governance in Developing Countries — A New Approach
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- Mcculloch, Neil (Author)
Title
Energy Governance in Developing Countries — A New Approach
Abstract
In 2015, leaders from around the world agreed to 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by 2030. The seventh
goal (SDG7) is: “Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and
modern energy for all.” In the same year, the world’s leaders
concluded the Paris Agreement to tackle climate change, which will
require a global transition in the energy sector away from the use of
fossil fuels. Yet, despite growing investments in clean energy in
many developing countries, the transition is happening much more
slowly than needed. The central reason for this is poor energy
governance.
This technical brief shows how poor energy governance damages
energy access and efforts to improve the quality and reliability of
power. It explains the political reasons why energy governance is so
bad in many countries and contrasts this with the current system of
procuring technical assistance, which largely ignores the energy
governance challenge. It shows that a new approach to tackling
energy governance is emerging that is better matched to the
nature of the problems faced and provides recommendations on
how to implement it.
Report Type
Briefing
Place
London
Institution
The Policy Practice & Chemonics
Date
2021.06
Pages
9
Language
en
Library Catalogue
Zotero
Citation
Mcculloch, N. (2021). Energy Governance in Developing Countries — A New Approach (p. 9) [Briefing]. The Policy Practice & Chemonics.
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