The Journal of Energy and Development, spring 2005, volume 30, number 2

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Philip H. Stark and Kenneth Chew, “Global Oil Resources: Issues and Implications.”
This paper examines some of the issues related to global oil l... (More) Philip H. Stark and Kenneth Chew, “Global Oil Resources: Issues and Implications.”
This paper examines some of the issues related to global oil liquids volumes in order to determine if there are sufficient hydrocarbon resources to meet the Energy Information Administration’s demand forecast of 120.9 million barrels per day by 2025.

Robert E. Looney, “A Dual-Track Development Strategy for Saudi Arabia.” In recent years the “resource curse” phenomenon surrounding oil-rich developing countries has been the focus of much speculation. Is poor economic performance inevitably the cost of resource abundance? This paper argues that this need not be the case and discusses strategies for Saudi Arabia

Mohamed A. Ramady and Mohamed Al-Sahlawi, “Education as a Force for Economic Change in an Oil-Based Economy: A Case Study of Saudi Arabia.” This study examines the current Saudi Arabian education policy and how it is adapting to the future needs of the country.

Raja J. Chelliah, Rita Pandey, and U. Sankar, “Pricing Coal Ash for Environmental Protection.” Indian coal contains 30-40 percent ash (on average), which is far higher than in many other countries. This paper illustrates how to design and implement an input tax to incentivise the demand for and supply of coal containing low ash content, when measurement of emissions from coal combustion is both difficult and costly, and there are legal and institutional obstacles to introducing a quantity-based instrument such as tradable permits.

A. F. Alhajji, “Three Decades after the Oil Embargo: Was 1973 Unique?” This article investigates whether the October 1973 oil embargo defies the conventional wisdom that economic sanctions fail to achieve their objectives. It summarizes the embargoes of 1956, 1967, and 1973, evaluates their successes and failures, and evaluates the factors that contributed the presumed success of the 1973 action.

Himanshu A. Amarawickrama and Lester C. Hunt, “The Sri Lankan Electricity Supply Industry: A Critique of Proposed Reforms.” In 2002 the government of Sri Lanka proposed power-sector policy guidelines for the first time in its history in order to facilitate the restructuring of the sector. This paper attempts to critically examine and appraise the government’s proposals with suggestions for improvements.

Abbas A. Al-Mejren, “Upstream Privatization: Issues and Arguments.” This paper discusses and evaluates some of the most controversial issues and arguments that encircle privatization of upstream oil industries.
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