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

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  • Katharina Michaelowa

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  • Axel Michaelowa & Katharina Michaelowa, 2011. "Climate business for poverty reduction? The role of the World Bank," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 6(3), pages 259-286, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:revint:v:6:y:2011:i:3:p:259-286
    DOI: 10.1007/s11558-011-9103-z
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    Keywords

    Clean Development Mechanism (CDM); World Bank; Climate policy; Carbon market; Poverty reduction; Allocation of resources; Competition; Political economy; Recipient need versus donor interest; O13; O19; Q54; Q56;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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