Abstract
National EBED initiatives are much larger in scale in terms of funding and intended reach than the subnational efforts described in the previous chapter. Many of these top-down strategies are driven by economic motivations such as the reduction of energy costs for a country; improved energy access; or enhanced growth in a low-emissions, efficient, and advanced energy sector. Most of these programs are driven by national governments in contrast to some of the entrepreneurial-driven programs at the subnational level. This chapter presents cases from Singapore, China, Ethiopia, Laos, Morocco, and South Africa.
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Carley, S., Lawrence, S. (2014). National Case Studies. In: Energy-Based Economic Development. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6341-1_8
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