Energy policy and the social objectives of development

Christopher G. Baron

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper comprising a literature survey on the social implications of energy policy-determined choice of technology in developing countries - reviews projections for power demand and power supply (incl. Petroleum prices and alternative energy sources, such as solar energy, wind power, Biogas, small-scale hydroelectric power, considers capital worker ratio, employment creation and energy conservation, and summarizes an ILO Programme of social research on social development. Bibliography pp. 49 to 59.

Keywords: social implication; energy policy; choice of technology; projection.; power demand; power supply; petroleum; price; energy source; solar energy.; wind power; gas; hydroelectric power; capital worker ratio; employment creation; energy conservation; ILO Programme; social research; social development; conséquences sociales; politique énergétique; choix de technologie; projection; demande énergétique; disponibilités énergétiques; pétrole; prix; source d'énergie; énergie solaire; énergie éolienne; gaz; énergie hydro-électrique; rapport capital-travail; création d'emploi; économie d'énergie; programme de l'OIT; recherche sociale; développement social; consecuencias sociales; política energética; elección de tecnología; proyección; demanda energética; abastecimiento de energía; petróleo; precio; fuente de energía; energía solar; energía eólica; gas; energía hidroeléctrica; capital por trabajador; creación de empleos; conservación de la energía; programa de la OIT; investigación sociológica; desarrollo social (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 59 P. pages
Date: 1980
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Published in World Employment Programme Research working paper. WEP 2-22, Technology and Employment Programme

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.ilo.org/public/libdoc/ilo/1980/80B09_667_engl.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ilo:ilowps:992079383402676

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Vesa Sivunen ().