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Factors Affecting Levels of International Cooperation in Carbon Abatement Projects / Dinar, Ariel
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Dinar, Ariel
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abatement.
- Carbon.
- Carbon dioxide.
- Clean development mechanism.
- Climate change.
- Debt Markets.
- Economic development.
- Economic Theory and Research.
- Economics.
- Emerging Markets.
- Emission reductions.
- Emissions.
- Energy.
- Energy and Environment.
- Energy Production and Transportation.
- Environment.
- Environment and Energy Efficiency.
- Environmental Economics and Policies.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- ICT Policy and Strategies.
- Information and Communication Technologies.
- Investment and Investment Climate.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Private Sector Development.
- Sustainable development.
- Local Subjects:
- Abatement.
- Carbon.
- Carbon dioxide.
- Clean development mechanism.
- Climate change.
- Debt Markets.
- Economic development.
- Economic Theory and Research.
- Economics.
- Emerging Markets.
- Emission reductions.
- Emissions.
- Energy.
- Energy and Environment.
- Energy Production and Transportation.
- Environment.
- Environment and Energy Efficiency.
- Environmental Economics and Policies.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- ICT Policy and Strategies.
- Information and Communication Technologies.
- Investment and Investment Climate.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Private Sector Development.
- Sustainable development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (40 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2008
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- The Clean Development Mechanism, a provision of The Kyoto Protocol, allows countries that have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to gain credit toward their treaty obligations by investing in projects located in developing (host) countries. Such projects are expected to benefit both parties by providing low-cost abatement opportunities for the investor-country, while facilitating capital and technology flows to the host country. This paper analyzes the Clean Development Mechanism market, emphasizing the cooperation aspects between host and investor countries. The analysis uses a dichotomous (yes/no) variable and three continuous variants to measure the level of cooperation, namely the number of joint projects, the volume of carbon dioxide abatement, and the volume of investment in the projects. The results suggest that economic development, institutional development, the energy structure of the economies, the level of country vulnerability to various climate change effects, and the state of international relations between the host and investor countries are good predictors of the level of cooperation in Clean Development Mechanism projects. The main policy conclusions include the importance of simplifying the project regulation/clearance cycle; improving the governance structure host and investor countries; and strengthening trade or other long-term economic activities that engage the countries.
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