The Program on Energy and Sustainable Development is part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Trade
Scholarly Publications
Greenfield IPP Database (GRIPP): Based on the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Database, The
May 2003
The Greenfield IPP (GRIPP) database is derived from the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) database.
Gas Trade in the Southern Cone
May 2004
Discussions of trade in natural gas in South America's Southern Cone (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay) began as early as the 1950s.
Baker Institute World Gas Trade Model, The
March 2005
This working paper describes a spatial and intertemporal equilibrium model of the world market for natural gas.
Other Publications
A New Currency: Climate Change and Carbon Credits
July 2004
A new currency is emerging in world markets.
News
The brewing trade battle over GM crops will cost America dear, say Victor and Runge
May 2003
In an article appearing in The Financial Times, David Victor and C. Ford Runge argue that the pending WTO case over genetically modified foods will do the U.S. more harm than good.
Even though the Bush Administration backed down from its trade dispute over GM food, the effects have been palpable
February 2003
Having backed down from its trade dispute with the EU over GM food, the Bush administration will find it hard to make the threat of going to the trade organization credible again and to continue...
A crude awakening: Five FSI scholars talk to Stanford magazine about energy security
December 2006
Michael May, Michael McFaul, Scott Sagan, David Victor, and John Weyant talk to Stanford magazine for the November/December cover story on energy security.
Old Events
Special Seminar on the Geopolitics of Natural Gas
May 10, 2004
World natural gas consumption is projected to more than double by 2030 -- surpassing coal as the world's #2 energy resource.
Geopolitics of Gas Capstone Conference
May 26, 2004
The conference seeks to take a fresh look at the geopolitical consequences of a major shift to natural gas in the coming decades; indeed by most estimates global consumption of gas will double by...
Natural Gas: LNG Market in the Atlantic Basin
July 30, 2006
The seminar is expected to provide a foundation for a new study examining the role of LNG imports for Brazilian natural gas markets centered at the Instituto Economia (IE) at the Federal University...
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