Asian electricity reform in historical perspective

Pacific Affairs

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 411-436

  Williams, James H ^a,b   Dubash, Navroz K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND POLICY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; REFORM PROCESS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

EID: 14344261325     PISSN: 0030851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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