Quantifying Energy Efficiency in the Developing World

CAFÉ standards and Energy Star labels in the United States are beginning to look weak in comparison to Indonesia's adoption of UN auto energy efficiency regulations, for example, and Ghana's household appliance standards (Dear Africa, Ghana seems to be setting precedences that maybe we should emulate?)

Report from McKinsey Global Institute finds that efficiency gains are inhibited by:

• Market Failures
• Informational barriers

The report suggests ways in which these barriers could be overcome.