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ID121351
Title ProperEcuador's energy policy mix
Other Title Informationdevelopment versus conservation and nationalism with Chinese loans
LanguageENG
AuthorEscribano, Gonzalo
Publication2013.
Summary / Abstract (Note)Ecuador's energy policy faces a complex variety of political and economic objectives that are difficult to reconcile in a consistent manner. Ecuador is a small oil producer and exporter with significant renewable (mainly hydropower) resources, hosting some of the richest biodiversity areas in the world, part of which are inhabited by so far indigenous un-contacted people. Being a developing country, tensions arise between conservation aims and development imperatives, as well as between resource nationalism and much-needed foreign financing. However, the really limiting factor for the country's energy development seems to be its constraints in financing the government's development and redistributive policies. Resorting to Chinese loans-for-oil may be part of the solution in the short term, but it does not substitute for a more consistent energy policy. Ecuador's case illustrates the dilemmas of energy policy in natural resource-rich developing countries when confronted with diverging political economy, social, environmental and macro-financial goals.
`In' analytical NoteEnergy Policy Vol. 57; Jun 2013: p.152-159
Journal SourceEnergy Policy Vol. 57; Jun 2013: p.152-159
Key WordsDevelopment ;  Conservation ;  Resource Nationalism