Arbeitspapier

Foreign aid, green cities and buildings

This paper attempts, first, to assess foreign aid effectiveness in fostering green city procedures in developing countries. For this purpose, we rely on the following aid effectiveness criteria: national ownership; harmonization; alignment and mutual accountability; and results management. Our analysis shows that some programmes are effective and scalable. Secondly, using a GMM model, we try to link CO2 emissions from residential buildings as well as commercial and public services to foreign aid for renewable energy sources. Our results show that the effect of foreign aid is significant with a negative impact on CO2 emissions. The relationship is linear but also quadratic, indicating that there is a threshold before foreign aid can be effective in reducing CO2 emissions. Efforts of the international community for climate change mitigation through the promotion of green city procedures should be supported to reach appreciable levels so that foreign aid will help to promote green cities procedures and green building in developing countries.

ISBN
978-92-9230-625-0
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2013/048

Classification
Wirtschaft
Economic Impacts of Globalization: Environment
Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
Renewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy
Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
Subject
climate change
climate finance
foreign aid
green cities and buildings
carbon emissions
Klimawandel
Nachhaltige Stadtentwicklung
Entwicklungshilfe
Entwicklungsländer

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Kablan, Sandrine
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
(where)
Helsinki
(when)
2013

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Kablan, Sandrine
  • The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Time of origin

  • 2013

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