 Economic Development in Third World Countries: The Role of Existing Sources of Energy and Alternative ChoicesV. S. Mahajan
Chapter 38 in Structural Change, Economic Interdependence and World Development, 1987, pp 537-551 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract While developing countries are legitimately anxious to achieve high growth rates, they in fact find it very difficult to do so mainly due to underdeveloped resources and domestic markets. Most of the developing economies, moreover, do not have enough natural resources, especially minerals, and those that do, have only partially exploited these. For example, the fact that a number of developing countries have an abundant supply of hydro resources does not help them unless such hydro potential is harnessed for energy generation. Similarly, the existence of coal in areas remote from the centre of industrial activity is of little help unless either the centre of industrial activity is brought close to the coal-mining areas, which would facilitate the optimal operation of thermal plants, or there exists an efficient transport system for the quick transportation of coal to feed power plants which are located at a distance. Keywords: Rural Household; Biogas Plant; World Country; Alternative Energy Source; Rural Sector (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-18840-6_38 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-18840-6_38 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in International Economic Association Series from Palgrave Macmillan |
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