Biofuels in Africa: Opportunities, Prospects, and Challenges

by Donald Mitchell

A new economic opportunity for sub-Saharan Africa is looming large: biofuel production. Rapidly rising energy prices are expected to remain high for an extended period of time because of the increasing demand in prospering and populous countries such as China and India, the depletion of easily accessible supplies of crude oil, and concern over global climate change. As a result, there is renewed interest in biofuels as an alternative to fossil fuels...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082138516X
• ISBN13: 9780821385166
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"