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Renewable energy and sustainable development in the Pacific Islands: an issue of international aid

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  • Xiaojiang Yu
  • Ros Taplin

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This paper discusses international aid issues related to energy supply and sustainable development in the Pacific Islands. Certain foreign donors have focused their aid to the region mainly on poverty alleviation, and have failed to support critical sectors, such as the energy sector, which is one of the main driving forces in socio‐economic development. As an example, this paper analyses the international aid program of Australia for renewable energy in the Pacific Island region. It is recommended that, in future, foreign aid take up the challenge of promoting recipient countries' capabilities in sustainable development. A key strategy to be adopted by foreign aid should be strengthening recipients' energy sectors, particularly renewable energy systems. It is argued that this approach will assist the long‐term socio‐economic development and environmental management of the region.

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  • Xiaojiang Yu & Ros Taplin, 1998. "Renewable energy and sustainable development in the Pacific Islands: an issue of international aid," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 22(3), pages 215-223, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:natres:v:22:y:1998:i:3:p:215-223
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1998.tb00730.x
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    1. Manfred Lenzen & Murukesan Krishnapillai & Deveraux Talagi & Jodie Quintal & Denise Quintal & Ron Grant & Simpson Abraham & Cindy Ehmes & Joy Murray, 2014. "Cultural and socio‐economic determinants of energy consumption on small remote islands," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 38(1), pages 27-46, February.

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