Fall 2004
Communications Development announces the publication of Stuck in the Past: Energy, Environment and Poverty in Serbia and Montenegro, a publication of the United Nations Development Program.

The report shows that energy use in Serbia and Montenegro is unsustainable, retarding growth, poverty reduction, and human development. The report finds that while nearly half the population has been marginalized by the energy-poverty nexus, more than a quarter of the population is socially secure primarily because of the energy-related subsidies they enjoy.

The report promotes strategic messages for the balanced policy of social welfare, energy sector development, and environmental endurance.

Communications Development edited this report and advised on the structure. Stuck in the Past can be found online at http://www.undp.org.yu/energy_environment/stuckinthepast/stuckinthepast.html.