Can CDM finance energy access in Least Developed Countries? Evidence from Tanzania

Would preferential access measures be sufficient to overcome current barriers to CDM projects in Least Developed Countries?

Financial support for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in underrepresented host countries was agreed on at the Copenhagen conference. The EU rules include special import quotas for Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) from Least Developed Countries (LDCs). This paper discusses whether these measures can contribute to overcoming barriers to CDM development in LDCs, how Programmes of Ac...

Industrial Development in Least Developed Countries

Social Security: What Can Developing Countries Learn from Developed Countries?

In developed countries, social security covers workers and their dependents against old age, unemployment, health, and other risks. In developing countries, formalsector workers have access to social insurance, and the very poor have some access to social assistance and health services, but large population groups are not covered. Extending social security coverage would require delinking socia...

What Can Developing Countries Learn from Developed Countries?

In developed countries, social security covers workers and their dependents against old age, unemployment, health, and other risks. In developing countries, formal-sector workers have access to social insurance, and the very poor have some access to social assistance and health services, but large population groups are not covered. Extending social security coverage would require delinking soci...

Co-impacts of energy-related climate change mitigation in Africa’s least developed countries: the evidence base and research needs

This article analyses the debate associated with the co-impacts of climate change mitigation in developing countries, with a particular focus upon Africa’s least developed countries. While these countries’ emissions of greenhouse gases are relatively small (and they do not have emission limitation commitments in the current international regime), inattention to the mitigation agenda would mean ...