The Political Economy of Climate Finance Effectiveness in Developing Countries

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With careful attention to domestic politics, Professor Purdon provides a detailed, nuanced, and timely contribution to the increasingly contested question of how climate finance instruments are best implemented in lower-income countries. * Elizabeth J. Z. Robinson, Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science * If you are searching for empirical evidence on the effectiveness of climate finance instruments in developing countries, this is the book you need. It helps one to understand political economy factors that are critical for their effective implementation. Above all, the book brings a fresh perspective on the role of the state in shaping the effectiveness of climate finance instruments. * Patrick Byakagaba, Senior Lecturer, Department of Environmental Management, Makerere University * What are the 'real' impacts over time of climate finance mechanisms? Professor Purdon presents an original field-based analysis of the effectiveness of the CDM, REDD+, and NAMAs from their beginning in three low-and middle-income countries over 10 years. The book provides a state of play of conditions that favor climate mitigation outcomes for the greater good of humanity. It is an important piece of work at a time when global climate governance is more than ever needed." -Jean Lebel, Fellow and Adjunct Professor, Institut d'Etudes Internationales de Montreal (IEIM), Universite du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM), and former President, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) This book is an empirically rich exploration of the politics of transition to low-carbon development in low-income countries. By taking a historically grounded, comparative analysis of climate finance implementation in Tanzania, Uganda, and Moldova, Purdon offers an illuminating contribution to the growing literature on developmental environmentalism. The book presents key findings from a decade-long investigation and reveals how the developmental state remains central amidst a plethora of global environmental norms. A must read for anyone interested in recentring the state in the politics of climate finance within the global south. * W. R. Nadege Compaore, Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Toronto * This book contends that the fight against climate change ought to combine both approaches and pursue "liberal developmental environmentalism." Purdon uses this perspective to conduct a comparative, fieldwork-based analysis of the pros and cons of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) over a ten-year period in Moldova, Tanzania, and Uganda. * A. A. Batabyal, CHOICE *