External sources of clean technology: Evidence from the Clean Development Mechanism

External Sources of Clean Technology: Evidence from the Clean Development Mechanism∗

New technology is fundamental to sustainable development. However, inventors from industrialized countries often refuse technology transfer because they worry about reverse-engineering. When can clean technology transfer succeed? We develop a formal model of the political economy of North-South technology transfer. According to the model, technology transfer is possible if (i) the technology in...

Clean Development Mechanism

1. At its sixty-ninth meeting, the Executive Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board) of the clean development mechanism (CDM) considered the draft " Guidelines for determination of baseline and additionality thresholds for standardized baselines using the performance-penetration approach " (the guidelines) prepared by the secretariat. The Board provided comments and requested the secretari...

Clean Development meChanism

INtrODuCtION The Clean Development Mechanism has been recognized as a force for the empowerment of women through its various methodologies. While these methodologies may not have started out to be gender-friendly per se, their application has improved women's lives and by extension the lives of their communities. This publication will highlight some of these gender-friendly methodologies, as we...

Clean Development Mechanism Introduction to the CDM

Transition to Clean Technology

We develop a microeconomic model of endogenous growth where clean and dirty technologies compete in production and innovation– in the sense that research can be directed to either clean or dirty technologies. If dirty technologies are more advanced to start with, the potential transition to clean technology can be diffi cult both because clean research must climb several rungs to catch up with ...