Finn Tarp
Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow
Professor Tarp has four decades of experience in academic and applied development economics research and teaching. His field experience covers more than two decades of in-country work in 35 countries across Africa and the developing world more...
Policy Brief
Aid, environment and climate change
Development aid by itself cannot ‘save the planet’. Yet, development aid and institutions have the potential to remain important catalytic actors in achieving developmental and global environmental objectives...
Foreign aid Climate change Environment
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Research communication: Why doesn’t research turn into policy?
At the recent UNU-WIDER research conference on development and climate change, the communications team took the opportunity to ask participants visiting us here in Helsinki for their views on how research turns into policy. We heard many interesting...
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Chinese aid to Africa: the true (but not final) picture
'Chinese aid is no different from American', says Michael Tierney, associate professor of International Relations at the College of William and Mary, USA, and the director of the AidData Center for Development Policy.
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Cost of capital: the real price of green energy
Despite massive potential investments, green energy is not up to speed in Africa. The reason is not the cost or durability of the technology but a financial factor—the cost of capital.
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ReCom results meeting: Aid and Our Changing Environment - Part I
At the 4 June Stockholm ReCom results meeting renowned researchers, academics and politicians from the Global South and North, as well as high profile policy makers from donor recipient countries reflected on global trends in the “greening” of aid...
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ReCom results meeting: Aid and Our Changing Environment - Part II
At the 4 June Stockholm ReCom results meeting renowned researchers, academics and politicians from the Global South and North, as well as high profile policy makers from donor recipient countries reflected on global trends in the “greening” of aid...
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The Gothenburg graduates and their impact in Africa – how aid has worked
We asked Wisdom Akpalu about the Sida-funded programme, and the role its graduates are now playing in Africa.
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Foreign aid and environmental challenges
Foreign aid has always had a role in addressing environmental issues and in helping with natural disasters. In this animation we look at how aid works in relation to climate change.
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New landscape of poverty
The global landscape of poverty has been changing quite dramatically during recent years.
Working Paper
Development Assistance and Climate Finance
The distinction between development assistance and climate finance is driven by an optic of compensation largely derived from the ‘polluter pays’ principle...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Global warming Climate change
Journal Article
Is the Clean Development Mechanism effective for emission reductions?
The UNFCCC COP 17 Durban conference confirmed the need to reach an all-party-inclusive global climate agreement by 2015 as the successor of the Kyoto Protocol...
Climate change Econometrics Environment
Journal Article
Has the Clean Development Mechanism Assisted Sustainable Development?
One of the dual objectives of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol is to assist host countries in achieving sustainable development...
Climate change Environment Panel analysis
Working Paper
Aid and Environment in Mozambique
Mozambique benefits from environmental aid-related funds, but it is still unclear whether donor commitments render directly into projects that are copiously implemented for the purposes stated and what aid flows have actually been doing and are doing...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development projects Environment
Working Paper
Aid and Environment in Africa: The Case of Tanzania
This paper provides an assessment of what aid has actually been doing in the area of environment in Tanzania through a critical review of the flows, modalities and management of aid...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development Environmental policy
Position Paper
Aid, Environment and Climate Change
This position paper on Aid, Environment, and Climate Change, prepared under the UNU-WIDER ReCom programme of Research (Re) and Communication (Com) on foreign aid, is intended to improve the understanding of the role foreign aid has played and can hel...
Climate change Economic assistance and foreign aid Environmental economics