1. Introduction
2. An Innovative Framework
3. Biofuels, Biodiesel and Regulations
4. The Tanzanian Biofuels Experience
5. The Malaysian Biofuels Experience
6. Looking Forward while Leaning Backward
7. Conclusion
Biography
Nazia Mintz-Habib is Lecturer in Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, UK. She was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA, and also a Research Fellow in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK.
"Nazia Mintz-Habib's fascinating study explores how, and in what circumstances, biofuel crops contribute to either perpetuating or alleviating poverty and food insecurity by considering the complex interactions among agricultural commodity and energy markets, climate change mitigation finance and farming communities." – Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Coordinator for Economic and Social Development, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
"This book provides a highly original application of the Institutional Feasibility framework to the analysis of developing countries' role within global value chains in primary commodities. It makes a valuable contribution to public policy and development studies." – Peter Nolan, Chong Hua Professor and Director, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge, UK.
