Climate business for poverty reduction? The role of the World Bank

Review of International Organizations

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-286

  Michaelowa, Axel ^a   Michaelowa, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allocation of resources; Carbon market; Clean Development Mechanism (CDM); Climate policy; Competition; Political economy; Poverty reduction; Recipient need versus donor interest; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052052256     PISSN: 15597431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11558-011-9103-z     Document Type: Article

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