Elsevier

Energy Policy

Volume 6, Issue 4, December 1978, Pages 254-276
Energy Policy

The end of the Paris energy dialogue and the need for an international energy institute

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Abstract

Since 1973 energy has been in the forefront of international discussions about the political implications of supply and prices, especially as these factors affect the developing countries which are heavily dependent on imports (the OIDC). The author traces the history and organization of the Conference of International Economic Cooperation, its successes and failures, and focuses on the problems of the OIDC which, because they have not been fully recognized, account for the abundance of failures and point to the need for an international institutional mechanism for energy to go beyond the capacities of existing organizations.

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The views expressed in this paper are those of the author. The author is grateful to Mr W. St Leiba for his assistance in preparing the data used in this paper. The services of Miss J. Miller and Miss Francis in typing the paper are acknowledged.

Trevor Byer was previously Energy Adviser to the government of Jamaica. He is now an energy consultant performing an energy survey of the Caribbean for the World Bank.

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