Powering Recovery: Reform, Reconstruction, and Renewables in Conflict-Affected States in the Arab World

Will Todman

doi:10.5771/9781538170632

Summary

In a new CSIS report, Will Todman argues that renewable energy offers a different pathway with wide-reaching benefits. Based on over 175 interviews with representatives from donor governments, UN officials, local actors, and private sector implementers, Will evaluates the promise of distributed renewable energy in Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen and Lubna Yousef tackles Libya. Even in the most challenging environments, decentralized renewable systems can accelerate local economic development, advance environmental sustainability, and establish the foundations of better governance.

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Edition: 1/2023
Copyright Year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-7062-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-7063-2
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 97
Product Type: Monograph

1. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS No access
2. ABBREVIATIONS No access
3. CONTENTS No access
4. FOREWORD No access
5. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY No access
1. Aims and Methodology No access
2. The Traditional Approach No access
1. The Promise of Renewables No access
1. Reconstruction No access
2. The Current Crisis No access
3. Stumbling Reforms No access
4. Politics and Vested Interests No access
5. Donor Strategies No access
6. Conclusion No access
1. Reconstruction No access
2. The Current Crisis No access
3. Opportunities for Renewables No access
4. Donor Strategies No access
5. Conclusion No access
1. Prior Weakness No access
2. The Current Crisis No access
3. Opportunities for Renewables No access
4. Donor Strategies No access
5. Politics and Vested Interests No access
6. Conclusion No access
1. Prior Weakness No access
2. The Current Crisis No access
3. Opportunities for Renewables No access
4. Donor Strategies No access
5. Conclusion No access
1. Assessing Ripeness for Reform No access
2. Wielding Leverage No access
3. Going Local: Islands of Resilience and a Quiet Revolution No access
4. Building on Islands of Resilience No access
1. Prioritization and Action No access
2. Assessing the Environment No access
3. Stronger Central Capacity and Limited Vested Interests No access
4. Weaker Central Capacity and Limited Vested Interests No access
5. Stronger Central Capacity and Entrenched Vested Interests No access
6. Weaker Central Capacity and Entrenched Vested Interests No access
7. Electricity and Peace No access
ABOUT THE AUTHORS No access Pages 82 - 82
ENDNOTES No access Pages 83 - 97