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Africa and the Path of Renewable Energy
0₦2,500.00Brandon Carter, international political economist and JD Scholar, Valparaiso University Law School, Indiana USA in his article “Africa and the Path of Renewable Energy” highlights Africa’s potential for development through renewable energy such as solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and biomass. Just as countries in Africa skipped the transition to landlines in the telecommunications industry, he posits that Africa’s poor energy infrastructure deficit is an opportunity to leapfrog fossil fuel energy to clean renewable energy. While prospecting for foreign investments to fund renewable energy projects, he cautions African countries against Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) with Europe and the US especially those under the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and advocated South-South BITs which are less skewed against capital importing countries.
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OPEC Oil Production Management as a Violation of Article XI of GATT: The Need for a Philosophical Shift
0₦2,500.00Aladejare Adetola and Okoeguale Hilary of the Department of Public and International Law, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti in their article “OPEC Oil Production Management as a violation of Article XI of GATT: The Need for a Philosophical Shift” analyses contending positions on whether OPEC oil production quota violates Article XI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) which prohibits quantitative restrictions on export and import from one member state to the other. Interestingly, the decisive element in the controversy may be whether oil is a “good” or “product”.
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Implications of Shale Oil Development and Alternative Sources of Energy on Nigeria’s Economy
0₦2,500.00It is not just another scare: Victor Onyenkpa and Tozaye Balogun, Partner and Senior Consultant respectively, KPMG Advisory Services, with facts and figures, examine the dire consequences of the development of Shale Oil on Nigeria’s economy. Their article, “Implications of Shale Oil Development and Alternative Sources of Energy on Nigeria’s Economy” however proffers a way out.
