Effectiveness of Aid Projects in Climate Technology Familiarization in Recipient Countries

This research paper examines how aid projects from international development organizations facilitate the familiarization of climate technologies in developing countries, specifically analyzing the relationship between project duration, cost, and the inclusion of technologies in Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) documents.

• The paper defines 'familiarization' as the state where a climate technology is no longer prioritized in a country's Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) document. The research indicates that longer project durations decrease the likelihood of a technology being included in the TNA, whereas higher project costs increase the likelihood of its inclusion.
• Aid projects act as system builders for climate technologies by utilizing demonstration projects and barrier removal activities to address inequalities in innovation capacity among nations. These projects function as niche experiments that co-evolve with regulatory structures, user practices, and the technology itself to influence broader landscape settings.
• Because capacity building is time-consuming across various fronts, the success of future projects relies on the capacity of donors to provide aid over multiyear periods to support the scaling-up process.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2022). Effectiveness of Aid Projects in Climate Technology Familiarization in Recipient Countries. https://www.sei.org/publications/effectiveness-of-aid-projects-in-climate-technology-familiarization-in-recipient-countries/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Effectiveness of Aid Projects in Climate Technology Familiarization in Recipient Countries. 2022. https://www.sei.org/publications/effectiveness-of-aid-projects-in-climate-technology-familiarization-in-recipient-countries/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2022effectiveness, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Effectiveness of Aid Projects in Climate Technology Familiarization in Recipient Countries}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2022}, month = aug, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/effectiveness-of-aid-projects-in-climate-technology-familiarization-in-recipient-countries/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }