Issues in International Political Economy: Shortcomings of Energy Policy in the Western Hemisphere

  • January 2007, Number 85
    By Sidney Weintraub
    Jan 12, 2007

    Under the auspices of CSIS, the Simon Chair has just completed two years of research on oil, natural gas, and electricity policy in 11 oil and gas producing countries in the Western Hemisphere, from Canada in the north to Argentina in the south. The focus in the research was on the political-economic-social context for making policy in each of the countries. The main conclusion of the study is that, all in all, hemispheric countries have made more of a hash of energy policy than a success. In case after case, the political impediments to working together have overwhelmed cooperative endeavors.

    Programs
    Simon Chair in Political Economy
    Topics
    Energy and Climate Change, Trade and Economics
    Regions
    Americas, North America
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Issues in International Political Economy - Shortcomings of Energy Policy in the Western Hemisphere - January 2007, Number 85
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Issues in International Political Economy - Shortcomings of Energy Policy in the Western Hemisphere - January 2007, Number 85

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