A new book - Building Innovation Capabilities for Sustainable Industrialization: Renewable Electrification in Developing Economies - has been published. It is edited by Rasmus Lema, Margrethe Holm Andersen, Rebecca Hanlin and Charles Nzila.

This book argues that renewable electrification in developing countries provides important opportunities for local economic development, but new pathways are required for turning these opportunities into successful reality.

The chapters in the book draw on a mix of project, sector and country level case studies to address questions such as: What capabilities are developed through on-going renewable electrification projects in developing economies? How can the expansion of renewable electrification be supported in a way that also encourages sustainable economic development? What role do international linkages (South-South and North-South) play and what role should they play in the greening of energy systems in developing economies? The authors of the chapters provide a new understanding of how green transformation and sustainable industrialization can be combined, highlighting the opportunities and constraints for local capability building and the scope for local policy action.The book will be of great interest to students and scholars of development studies, energy studies, sustainability and sustainable development, as well as practitioners and policy makers working in development organizations and national governments.

The Open Access version of this book, is available here. The book has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.