Comments On The 2015 Budget Statement With Focus On The Energy Sector POWER SECTOR 1. The Power Sector as the Anchor in the Budget The budget exposed the country’s over-reliance on energy for the achieving the transformation agenda. Particularly, the fundamental pillars expected to derive the economy in 2015 are: i. The completion of Ghana’s […]
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South Africa has made good progress on climate policy, but that could be held up by a new emerging political economy in the country that can only be described as “more coal, more nuclear, and more gas”, said Saliem Fakir of the WWF . Sadly for South Africans, while there is an understanding of the […]
analysis By Saliem Fakir There are three aspects of energy supply that lend themselves to shifting the diversification of a national economy. The mix of supply should reduce dependence on any source, especially if the source creates a foreign dependence or a systems path-dependence that eventually leads to wider risks for the general economy. In […]
