TY - BOOK AU - Foley, Gerald TI - Energy assistance revisited : a discussion paper SN - 91-88116- U1 - RM PY - 1991/// CY - Stockholm PB - SEI KW - SECTOR ENERGETICO KW - ASISTENTENCIA ECONOMICA N1 - 03289 N2 - Energy assistance over the past two decades has had a disappointing record. Many projects have failed completely, and the majority of programmes to promote renewable energy sources have had a little impact. This paper examines the assumptions and attitudes which under - pinned the energy assistance policies widely followed by the international donor community during the 1970s an 1980s and tries to explain why they have had so little success ER -