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Greening the financial sector : how to mainstream environmental finance in developing countries

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Given the manifold challenges of financial sectors in developing and transition countries, one might be tempted to believe that embarking on “green” finance is not a priority for financial systems development. However, there are a number of arguments against this view. Environmental finance, particularly energy efficiency and renewable energy (EERE) finance, can and should serve as an interface to other sub-sectors of financial sector promotion such as microfinance, housing finance or agricultural finance. For example, existing clients of financial institutions include small and medium-sized enterprises and households, and these are often suffering from high energy prices or have no access to sustainable energy supply. At the same time, these clients are vulnerable to extreme weather events, and often hit hardest by the impact of climate change. There are many other examples which show that the financial sector has an enormous potential to support “green” investments. In order to tap this potential on a sustainable basis, it is important to have a sound understanding which role financial institutions can and should play.

Likewise, financial institutions need to understand the demand side of environmental finance markets and the framework conditions in order to be able to design adequate financial products.

This book provides a blend of well-founded professional and scientific perspectives on the potential of Environmental finance in developing and transition countries.

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332.1 GRE g

Publisher

Berlin, Germany : Springer Open., 2012

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xiv, 249p. : ill.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9783642050879

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332.1

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Subject(s)

Developing countries
Economics
Environmental economics
Finance
Clean energy investment
Renewable energy sources--Finance
Sustainable development--Finance
Emissions trading

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edited by Doris Köhn

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