International financial institutions, climate change and the urgency to facilitate clean energy investment in developing and emergin market economies /
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| Author / Creator: | Hilmarsson, Hilmar Þór, author. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2016] |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxxiv, 149 pages .) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Economic issues, problems and perspectives Financial institutions and services Economic issues, problems and perspectives series. Financial institutions and services. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11408652 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Summary; Introduction; Clean Energy, Environmental Degradation and Climate Change
- the Global Challenge; Chapter 1; The Global Cross Border Investment Regime and the Lack of an International Investment Organization; Cross Border Clean Energy Investment and the Challenging Business and Investment Environment in Developing and Emerging Economies; Chapter 2; The World Bank Group: Loans vs. Guarantees?; Chapter 3; International Financial Institutions and Risk Mitigation; Clean Energy Investment and Political Risk Mitigation
- Chapter 4How International Financial Institutions Can Support Cross Border Clean Energy Projects; The Need for IFIs to Make More Use of Their Guarantee Powers in Developing and Emerging Countries; Chapter 6; Geothermal Development and Upfront Development Costs; Chapter 7; Public Private Partnerships
- Costs and Benefits; Potential Benefits from Using PPPs in Developing and Emerging Economies; Challenges to using PPPs in Developing and Emerging Economies; Host Government Cooperation with the Private Sector, Moral Hazard and Times of Crisis; PPPs
- Allocating Risks and Sharing Rewards
- Chapter 8Contested Multilateralism
- The United States and China; The New Development Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and Contested Multilateralism; Chapter 9; The Icelandic Geothermal Cluster and Cross Border Engagement; Clusters
- Definition and Theoretical Considerations; The President of Iceland and Cross Border Engagement in Developing and Emerging Markets; Porter and the Geothermal Cluster as an Engine of Renewed Growth; The Icelandic Geothermal Cluster; Cross border Geothermal Engagement. The Case of Reykjavík Energy Invest in Djibouti
- Export Credit Agencies and Their Role in Risk Mitigation to Support Cross Border Trade FinanceThe Icelandic Geothermal Conference, 2016; Chapter 10; Cross Border Clean Energy Investment: Funding and Risk Mitigation
- Some Cases; The Global Environment Facility; Green Climate Fund; Climate Investment Funds; Indonesia Geothermal Development and Global Externalities; Geothermal Development in Kenya: Olkaria III Geothermal; Geothermal Potential in Turkey; Funding Hydropower Projects in Africa and Asia; The Case of the Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project in Lao PDR
- The Case of the Bujagali Hydropower Project in UgandaChapter 11; A Tale of Two Crises and the Urgency for Action; The Urgency to Take Action; Overview of Some Sources of Funding to Promote Cross Border Geothermal Energy Projects; Conclusion; International Financial Institutions as Key Instruments for Successful Global Climate Solutions; References; Annex; Book Endorsements; About the Author