Averting an Energy Crisis in South Asia

Asia Times Online – South Asia has a problem: it doesn’t have enough energy. Pretty standard stuff, really, but what is notable is that grand energy-policy visions are drifting dangerously far from the realities on the ground.

For a region that is developing swiftly, energy problems can only worsen in coming years. In response, institutional change needs to happen swiftly and in the form of basic energy management, better transmission infrastructure, greater efficiency and, in most cases, something as rudimentary as the drafting of a countrywide energy strategy.

Asia Times Online