Bureaucratic politics and the allocation of climate finance
(2019) In World Development 117. p.72-97- Abstract
The financing of climate measures in developing countries – climate finance – is an increasingly important issue in global climate governance. While a growing body of literature has highlighted the importance of bureaucratic actors within governments as a factor influencing political decisions, quantitative studies on climate finance have so far only focused on extra-governmental factors. We argue that this is a serious shortcoming given that the allocation of climate finance involves ministries with different priorities. This paper addresses the gap by studying how the involvement of ministries in policy processes influences the implementation of bilateral climate finance. We find that ministry involvement matters for both the selection and... (More)
The financing of climate measures in developing countries – climate finance – is an increasingly important issue in global climate governance. While a growing body of literature has highlighted the importance of bureaucratic actors within governments as a factor influencing political decisions, quantitative studies on climate finance have so far only focused on extra-governmental factors. We argue that this is a serious shortcoming given that the allocation of climate finance involves ministries with different priorities. This paper addresses the gap by studying how the involvement of ministries in policy processes influences the implementation of bilateral climate finance. We find that ministry involvement matters for both the selection and allocation of climate finance. First, we discover that involvement of the ministry of development means that lower income countries are more likely to be selected as recipients of climate finance but surprisingly that does not mean recipients acquire more climate finance. Second, we discover that when the ministry of environment is involved, donor countries are more likely to provide aid to UNFCCC allies, and when it is the ministry holding the “lead” on climate finance, non-allies tend to receive less aid than allies.
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- Peterson, Lauri and Skovgaard, Jakob LU
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- 2019
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- keywords
- Bureaucratic politics, Climate finance, Development aid, Environmental politics, Ministries
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- World Development
- volume
- 117
- pages
- 26 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
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- scopus:85060275550
- ISSN
- 0305-750X
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.12.011
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- International Economic Institutions and Domestic Actors in the Climate Regime Complex - the Cases of Climate Financing and Fossil Fuel Subsidies
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- English
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- yes
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- 133a396e-ebc1-4e5f-9a58-8346f036924d
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abstract = {{<p>The financing of climate measures in developing countries – climate finance – is an increasingly important issue in global climate governance. While a growing body of literature has highlighted the importance of bureaucratic actors within governments as a factor influencing political decisions, quantitative studies on climate finance have so far only focused on extra-governmental factors. We argue that this is a serious shortcoming given that the allocation of climate finance involves ministries with different priorities. This paper addresses the gap by studying how the involvement of ministries in policy processes influences the implementation of bilateral climate finance. We find that ministry involvement matters for both the selection and allocation of climate finance. First, we discover that involvement of the ministry of development means that lower income countries are more likely to be selected as recipients of climate finance but surprisingly that does not mean recipients acquire more climate finance. Second, we discover that when the ministry of environment is involved, donor countries are more likely to provide aid to UNFCCC allies, and when it is the ministry holding the “lead” on climate finance, non-allies tend to receive less aid than allies.</p>}},
author = {{Peterson, Lauri and Skovgaard, Jakob}},
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keywords = {{Bureaucratic politics; Climate finance; Development aid; Environmental politics; Ministries}},
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series = {{World Development}},
title = {{Bureaucratic politics and the allocation of climate finance}},
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doi = {{10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.12.011}},
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