Is the Clean Development Mechanism Effective for Emission Reductions?
In: UNU-WIDER Working Paper 08/2012; 2012/73(WP/073).
12 Ergebnisse
Sortierung:
In: UNU-WIDER Working Paper 08/2012; 2012/73(WP/073).
SSRN
Working paper
In: Economic Development and Cultural Change, Band 60, Heft 3, S. 571-595
ISSN: 1539-2988
In: UNU-WIDER Working Paper 08/2012; 2012/72(WP/072)
SSRN
Working paper
In: UNU-WIDER working paper 03/2012; 2012/27
SSRN
The concept of green growth implies that a wide range of developmental objectives, such as job creation, economic prosperity and poverty alleviation, can be easily reconciled with environmental sustainability. This study, however, argues that rather than being win-win, green growth is similar to most types of policy reforms that advocate the acceptance of short-term adjustment costs in the expectation of long-term gains. In particular, green growth policies often encourage developing countries to redesign their national strategies in ways that might be inconsistent with natural comparative advantages and past investments. In turn, there are often sizeable anti-reform coalitions whose interests may conflict with a green growth agenda. We illustrate this argument using case studies of Malawi, Mozambique, and South Africa, which are engaged in development strategies that involve inorganic fertilizers, biofuels production, and coal-based energy, respectively. Each of these countries is pursuing an environmentally suboptimal strategy but nonetheless addressing critical development needs, including food security, fuel, and electricity. We show that adopting a green growth approach would not only be economically costly but also generate substantial domestic resistance, especially amongst the poor.
BASE
In: Public administration and development: the international journal of management research and practice, Band 32, Heft 3, S. 215-229
ISSN: 0271-2075
In: Public administration and development: the international journal of management research and practice, Band 32, Heft 3, S. 215-228
ISSN: 1099-162X
SUMMARYThe concept of Green Growth implies that a wide range of developmental objectives, such as job creation, economic prosperity and poverty alleviation, can be easily reconciled with environmental sustainability. This article, however, argues that rather than being win–win, Green Growth is similar to most types of policy reforms that advocate the acceptance of short‐term adjustment costs in the expectation of long‐term gains. In particular, Green Growth policies often encourage developing countries to redesign their national strategies in ways that might be inconsistent with natural comparative advantages and past investments. In turn, there are often sizeable anti‐reform coalitions whose interests may conflict with a Green Growth agenda. We illustrate this argument by using case studies of Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa, which are engaged in development strategies that involve inorganic fertilizers, biofuel production and coal‐based energy, respectively. Each of these countries is pursuing an environmentally suboptimal strategy but nonetheless addressing critical development needs, including food security, fuel and electricity. We show that adopting a Green Growth approach would not only be economically costly but also generate substantial domestic resistance, especially among the poor. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
In: UNU-WIDER working paper 02/2012; 2012/11
SSRN
In: Review of Income and Wealth, Band 58, Heft 4, S. 742-763
SSRN
SSRN
Working paper
In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics 12/2012; 94(4):854-872. DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aas022
SSRN
In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Band 94, Heft 4, S. 854-872
SSRN