Description: In The Political Economy of Climate Finance Effectiveness in Developing Countries, Mark Purdon contributes to broader debates on the international climate cooperation by evaluating how three different climate finance instruments have been undertaken in three countries--Tanzania, Uganda, and Moldova--and evaluates their effectiveness in actually reducing emissions. He shows that the effectiveness of climate finance tools depends on the interaction between a nation's development policy paradigms and its interests in other sectors of their economies. Purdon's findings further inform the design of international and transnational efforts to engage developing countries on climate change mitigation by emphasizing the importance of domestic politics and the state.
Review Quotes: "This book contends that the fight against climate change ought to combine both approaches and pursue "liberal developmental environmentalism." Purdon uses this perspective to conduct a comparative, fieldwork-based analysis of the pros and cons of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) over a ten-year period in Moldova, Tanzania, and Uganda." -- A. A. Batabyal, CHOICE