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Financing energy efficiency: lessons from recent experience with a focus on Brazil, China and India
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Minsk, 2006
Without gains from energy efficiency efforts, China, India and Brazil are projected to more than double their energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in a single generation, resulting in major impacts on the global energy system and climate.
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Brazil’s electricity market design: an assessment
Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), 2002
In 2001 Brazil’s electricity industry experienced a major crisis. Due to a supply shortage, electricity rationing was introduced; unclear delineation of responsibilities led to major lawsuits which brought the market into complete disarray.
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Blackout in energy policy: Brazil’s difficulties in making decisions
Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics, Brazil, 2002
This article examines the issues surrounding Brazil’s energy security crisis in 2001 and asks how a legal and political framework can be established with enough credibility to mobilise investment for meeting Brazil’s electricity needs in coming decades.