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This chapter presents background information on the potential for energy efficiency, global energy efficiency investment gaps, and market barriers that cause the gaps. The chapter also reports on efforts that have been pursued to close the gaps. These efforts include government policies and measures, capacity-building and enabling activities, technology transfer and deployment, and incremental costs and co-finance. Historic trends and key issues of global energy efficiency considered by international organizations are also reviewed. Finally, this chapter discusses how the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has addressed these trends and considered key issues while financing energy efficiency projects in developing countries over the past 20 years.
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The author is indebted to Dr. Robert K. Dixon, head of the Climate and Chemicals team of the GEF and Mr. Andre Laperriere, deputy CEO of the GEF for directing this book-writing project, editing this book, and supporting the publication of this book at Springer London. The author is grateful to the following people for their contributions to developing database and editing this book: Ms. Megan Nicholson, Dr. Yun Wu, Ms. Ye Zou, Dr. Omid Parhizkar, Mr. Bjoern Buesing, Dr. Ruktai Ace Prurapark, Mr. Victor Raynaud, Dr. Linda S. Heath, Dr. Chizuru Aoki, Mr. David E. Rodgers, Dr. Lily Uy Hale, and Ms.Tingting Tang. Acknowledgments are also due to Dr. Lily Uy Hale, Mr. Neeraj Kumar Negi, and Ms. Baljit Wadhwa, Mr. Kenneth M. Chomitz, Mr. Richard H. Hosier, Mr. Alan Miller, and Mr. Marcel Alers, Dr. Barbara Buchner, Mr. Michael Chen, and ten energy efficiency professionals of the World Bank, the GEF Evaluation Office, the International Finance Corporation, the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of UNEP, the UNDP, University of Virginia Technology, and Springer in London for their comments on the book.
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Yang, M. (2013). Background and Literature Review on Energy Efficiency Gaps. In: Closing the Gap. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4516-5_2
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