Over the last fifteen years the world’s largest developing countries have initiated market reforms in their electric power sectors, from generation to distribution. This book evaluates the experiences of five of those countries – Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa – as they have shifted from state-dominated systems to schemes allowing for a larger private sector role.
Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States in 1979, it is a common practice for the US Republican or Democratic presidential candidate to severely criticize the China policies of the Incumbent government when the two parties are struggling for power. This paper speculates that in the 2004 presidential election, the US trade imbalance with China wil possi…