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SUMMARY:Strategic competition and donor interests: An econometric approach
  to the market for the allocation of climate development aid for renewable
  energy projects - Cristina Penasco Paton (Banque de France)
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DESCRIPTION:The transition to decarbonised economies is essential for econ
 omic development in developing economies and it opens venues for developed
  countries to think strategically about energy and foreign policy in a cha
 nging geopolitical context in which energy security and climate targets ne
 ed to go hand in hand. Analysing how bilateral aid for renewable energy pr
 ojects is allocated is crucial to understand if donor countries prioritize
  social and environmental goals or if their motives are less altruistic an
 d focused on their own economic and strategic benefits in the context of t
 he geopolitics of the energy transition and therefore\, if they favour tar
 geted development. To examine how official development aid for renewable e
 nergy projects (RE ODA) is allocated across countries we pay attention to 
 donor and recipient characteristics and interactions but also to donor-don
 or strategic relationships. We use an estimation strategy that combines qu
 antitative social network analysis and panel data models (pplmhdfe\, Heckm
 an selection and an IV strategy) to examine the technical\, economic or ge
 opolitical motives determining the allocation of bilateral aid for project
 s on non-emitting energy sources from 2009 to 2018 with OECD-CRS data. Usi
 ng the degree centrality of the recipient\, the Herfindahl index and the m
 arket share of the donors’ RE ODA on the recipients to measure the conce
 ntration of RE ODA and\, therefore\, the importance of a donor within the 
 recipient’s network\, we analyse the motivations behind the strategic do
 nations of countries. We find that both political and strategic trade inte
 rests connected to the access to critical minerals\, energy resources and 
 policy drivers are factors affecting the targeted provision of ODA for low
 -and-middle income countries while\, generally\, recipients’ needs are n
 ot relevant factors driving the reception of RE ODA.
LOCATION:W2.02\, CJBS
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