Emerging economies are or will be experiencing increasing energy requirements at the same time as peak oil production and rising oil prices. As countries scramble to invest in sub-Saharan Africa’s resources, the region will increasingly see sale of oil exports diminishing in favour of the local market. Professor Carbonnier discusses these issues in more in an interview.

See part of the interview in our video.

Listen to the full interview in the podcast.

Gilles Carbonnier has been professor of development economics at the Graduate Institute since 2007. He has been editor-in-chief of International Development Policy since 2008, and President of the board of directors of the Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action (CERAH). His research and publications focus on the energy-development nexus and the governance of extractive resources as well as on humanitarianism, the political economy of armed conflict and international development cooperation. Professor Carbonnier also provides teaching for the Executive Master in International Oil and Gas Leadership.

Read more about energy and development in the latest issue of International Development Policy.