This collection of contributions from a diverse group of prominent international scientists and policy makers brings together their in-depth analyses and innovative ideas about how to resolve the energy for development predicament. It includes studies quantifying the role of energy in socioeconomic development, analysis of the interplay between supranational and national institutions in policy implementation, the energy implications of demographic trends such as urbanisation, and exploration of supply-side issues such as the potential role of nuclear energy and cleaning fossil fuel energy generation through carbon capture.

Preface.- Energy for Development: A Key to Long-term Sustainability.- PART 1: International Institutions and National Decisions.- Rethinking Energy Aid Mechanisms: Three Premises.- Energy: The Missing Millennium Development Goal.- Multilateralism and Energy for Development.- The Possible Role of the Energy Charter in Advancing Energy for Development in Africa.- Resolving Mismatches in Energy Decision Making.- PART II: Energy Demand.- Demography, Urbanisation and Energy Demand.- Development, infrastructure and energy: Exploring the Linkages in Latin America.- Energy Efficiency for Development.- Externalities in the Global Energy System.- PART III: Energy Supply.- Technology and Innovation.- Energy Resources.- Financing Power Sector Investments.- Financing Renewable Energy.- Fossil Fuels and Carbon Capture and Storage.- Nuclear energy.- Energy and Food Security.- Index.