- Improving the assessment of disaster risks to strengthen financial resilience: a special joint G20 publication by the Government of Mexico and the World Bank
- World Bank, 2012
- This publication by the Government of Mexico and the World Bank brings together the experiences of G20 countries in protecting their populations and assets against natural hazards. It includes contributions by G20 members and invited ...
- Case study: the Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund (ICCTF)
- C. Grüning / United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2012
- The Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund (ICCTF) is designed as a National Climate (Trust) Fund (NCF), which aims to develop innovative ways to link international finance sources with national investment strategies. In general, nationa...
- The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)
- The Finnish Institute of International Affairs is a research institute that produces high quality, topical information on international relations and the EU.
- Nepal Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review
- 2011
- The paper focuses on the public financing component of climate change actions, but also acknowledges the role played by communities, civil society, the private sector and international support. The objective of the study has been to d...
- Results from a high-level workshop on innovative finance for tropical forests
- M. Cranford; I. R. Henderson; A. W. Mitchell / WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2011
- This document is an outcome of a high-level workshop on innovative finance for tropical forests, specifically focusing on the development and introduction of forest bonds. Hosted by the WWF Forest & Climate Initiative, Global Cano...
- Economics of Climate Change in Rwanda
- Stockholm Environment Institute, 2009
- The ‘Economics of Climate Change in Rwanda’, funded by DFID and undertaken by the Stockholm Environment Institute together with local partners, has assessed the impacts and economics costs of climate change, the costs and be...
- Situational analysis of food sovereignty in the context of adaptation to climate change in Ecuador
- C. Rosero / United Nations Development Programme, 2010
- The document seeks to identify effective investment strategies in reducing the vulnerability of major crops for the Ecuadorian economy, the same as are set in the Basic Food Basket, so that the country can, on one hand, reduce risks a...
- Bangladesh 2020: An Analysis of Growth Prospect and External Sector Behaviour
- D. Bhattacharya / Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2006
- External factors such as export, import, remittances and foreign aid have always played important roles to Bangladesh’s economy, though the relative importance of various external factors has changed over time. This study has ana...
- Briefing outlining the debate over principles and mechanisms for delivering adaptation funds
- T. Mitchell; S. Anderson; S. Huq / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex [ES], 2008
- This briefing aims to stimulate debate on the relevant principles and mechanisms for effective adaptation delivery. It highlights the context of the debate noting that funding must increase significantly to match the needs of developi...
- Policy brief on the challenges of direct access mechanisms to the Adaptation Fund
- J. Brown; N. Bird; L. Schalatek / Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2010
- This policy brief outlines the challenges identified in rolling out the direct access mechanism for the Adaptation Fund (AF). Direct access refers to a new approach to fund distribution that bypasses the multilateral institutions that...
- Briefing for Durban 2011 delegates with recommendations on how to fulfil prior agreement promises
- D. Ciplet; J. Timmons Roberts; M. Khan / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2011
- This briefing paper by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is aimed at delegates of the 2011United Nations climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa. It makes clear the responsibilities imparted by pr...
- Constructing North-South financial flows concerning measurement, reporting and verification of mitigation support
- J. Corfee-Morlot; B. Guay; K. M. Larsen / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
- This paper focuses on North-South finance flows to explore how sources of mitigation support vary in terms of their relative size and importance to mitigation efforts, type and purpose. It states that financial support for greenhouse ...
- Exploring the role carbon markets may play for Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs)
- F. Röser; C. De Vit; M. Jung / Ecofys, 2012
- Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and carbon markets are currently developing in parallel with increasing debate on how to link the two approaches. This paper explores the role carbon markets may play for NAMAs and the...
- Review of existing REDD+ and non-REDD+ funds, and best practice for future REDD+ finance
- Global Witness, 2012
- Funding forest protection in developing countries poses numerous financial risks, from inefficient allocation through to mismanagement of funds, misappropriation and corruption; detailed measures will be needed to ensure effective, tr...
- Floating Exchange Rate System: An Analysis
- Development Research Network, 2012
- The author here focuses on international factors, particularly global trends of major currencies and their impact on domestic foreign exchange market. He has also successfully managed to cover in detail the domestic demand-supply aspe...
- Accessing Finance and Women led ICT Enterprises : A Policy Agenda
- Development Research Network, 2006
- Access to finance is one of the most important ingredients of growth for SMEs. Such access is more difficult for women-owned SMEs in developing and least developing countries. It is further difficult for SMEs working in the areas of I...
- A summary of the current status of international public finance for REDD+ development
- A. Creed (ed); S. Nakhooda (ed) / Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2011
- This paper summarises the current status of international public financial support and the progress made in the development of multilateral and bilateral delivery mechanisms for REDD+. The paper states that though it is difficult to e...
- A summary of key innovations and challenges associated with the Clean Technology Fund
- S. Nakhooda / World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2009
- This working paper analyses the first set of clean technology investment plans from Egypt, Mexico and Turkey and makes the case for greater emphasis on institutional capacity and governance in measuring programme results. It notes tha...
- How public finance in developed countries can be used to support climate change mitigation in developing countries
- R. Doornbosch; E. Knight / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2008
- This paper considers how public finance in developed countries can best be used to support climate change mitigation in developing countries. It describes the role of public finance in climate change mitigation in relation to other in...
- Climate Change Financing and Aid Effectiveness: Ghana Case Study
- C. Cameron / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2011
- This report places climate change financing within the wider development context, and in particular in relation to the Aid Effectiveness principles articulated in the Paris Declaration (PD) and the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA). It ma...
- Department of Economics, Strathclyde University
- University department. Research interests in the Department are wide-ranging, with particular emphasis on Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Regional Economics and Energy Economics.
- Development bank of Latin America
- Secretaría General Iberoamericana (SEGIB)
- SEGIB is an Inter-governmental organisation for the provision of institutional and technical support to the Iberoamerican Conference and the Iberoamerican Summit Meeting of Heads of State and Heads of Government. SEGIB has member countries in Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula - Spain, Portugal and Andorra.
- International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
- The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) is a non-profit business organisation created in June 1999 to establish a functional international framework for trading in greenhouse gas emission reductions.
- Africa Progress Panel
- The Africa Progress Panel consists of a group of individuals who lend their time to track and encourage progress in Africa, and to underscore shared responsibility between African leaders and their international partners for sustaining it. A Geneva-based Secretariat supports the Panel in three main areas: research and policy; advocacy and communication; and preparation of APP core produ...
- Jubilee South Asia Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (JSAPMDD)
- Jubilee South Asia Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (JSAPMDD) is a regional alliance of peoples’ movements, community organisations, coalitions, NGOs and networks.
- International Growth Centre (IGC)
- The International Growth Centre (IGC) aims to promote sustainable growth in developing countries by providing demand-led policy advice based on frontier research. Based at LSE and in partnership with Oxford University, the IGC is initiated and funded by DFID. The IGC has 13 active country programmes in 12 countries (Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, India (Bihar state and Central), Mozambiqu...
- University of Western Australia
- Frankfurt School - UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance (FS UNEP)
- Frankfurt School – UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance is a strategic cooperation between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (Frankfurt School).
- Long-Run Economic Perspectives of an Ageing Society (LEPAS)
- The EU member countries will be increasingly populated by older people. Nearly 25 percent of people in the European Union in 2030 can be above age 65, up from about 17 percent in 2005. Europe's old-age dependency ratio (the number of people age 65 and older compared with the number of working-age people ages 15-64) could more than double by 2050, from one in every four to fewer than one in every t...
