The Political Economy of Power Sector Reform

David Victor is Director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at Stanford University. Thomas C. Heller is Lewis Talbot and Nadine Hearn Shelton Professor of International Legal Studies at Stanford University.

Preface; 1. Introduction and overview David G. Victor and Thomas C. Heller; 2. Political economy of the Brazilian power industry reform Adilson de Oliveira; 3. Reform of the Chinese electric power market: economics and institutions Chi Zhang and Thomas C. Heller; 4. The political economy of Indian power sector reforms Rahul Tongia; 5. The Mexican electricity sector: economic, legal and political issues Victor G. Carreon-Rodriguez, Armando Jimenez and Juan Rosellon; 6. The political economy of power sector reform in South Africa Anton Eberhard; 7. Major conclusions: the political economy of power sector reform in five developing countries David G. Victor and Thomas C. Heller; Bibliography; Index.