Effectiveness of Aid Projects in Climate Technology Familiarization in Recipient Countries

The paper examines the role of aid projects as 'system builders' that use demonstration projects and barrier removal to foster the adoption of climate technologies in developing countries. It defines 'familiarization' as the non-prioritization of a technology in a country's Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) document. The analysis finds that while higher project costs increase the likelihood of a technology being included in a TNA, longer project durations actually decrease that likelihood. The author concludes that sustaining the scale-up of these technologies requires donors to commit aid over multiyear periods to support long-term capacity building.

• Aid projects act as system builders for climate technologies by utilizing demonstration projects and activities aimed at removing barriers to adoption in developing countries.
• There is a divergent relationship between project characteristics and the inclusion of technologies in Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) documents: higher project costs increase the odds of inclusion, whereas increased project duration lowers the chance of inclusion.
• Because capacity building is time-consuming, the success of future climate technology projects relies on the ability of donors to provide multiyear aid commitments to ensure scale-up.

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} }