An Overview of Energy Cooperation in South Asia
Wijayatunga, Priyantha; Fernando, P. N. | May 2013
Abstract
The South Asia Department of the Asian Development Bank has been providing technical assistance for capacity building activities relating to regional energy cooperation under the frameworks of the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). This includes studies such as SAARC Regional Energy Trade Study and South Asia Regional Power Exchange Study. The paper provides an overview of both intra-regional and inter-regional energy cooperation in South Asia emanating from these studies covering ongoing and planned activities, barriers to increased cooperation, and recommendations to overcome them.
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Wijayatunga, Priyantha; Fernando, P. N.. 2013. An Overview of Energy Cooperation in South Asia. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2321. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Renewable Energy
Evaluation
Alternative energy
Energy Technology
Project Evaluation & Review Technique
Operations Evaluation
Program Evaluation
Evaluation Techniques
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