While electric-powered groundwater irrigation is quite prevalent in the world, a specific confluence of historical, policy and political factors has trapped many Indian states in a vicious spiral of declining groundwater levels, stagnant…
This annual report takes a comprehensive look at ESMAP's programs, activities and results for Fiscal Year 2014. This is also the first annual report to combine the reporting for ESMAP with that of the Asia Sustainable and Alternative…
Problem-driven political economy analysis holds considerable promise to help development practitioners identify what policies and strategies are most likely to succeed in addressing difficult and persistent development challenges. This…
This Annual Report is a comprehensive look at ESMAP’s programs, results, outputs and budget for Fiscal Year 2013, which also marks 30 years since ESMAP was founded.
Poorly implemented energy subsidies are economically costly to taxpayers and damage the environment through increased emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants. Energy subsidies also create distortive price signals and result…
Increases in world oil prices since 2004 have challenged consumers and oil-importing countries across the world. Oil prices temporarily fell sharply in 2009, only to triple three years later. The oil import share of gross domestic product…