, in combination with the expectation of a future switch towards another technology, may actually reduce current investment … in that technology (while temporarily increasing current investment in competing technologies). The latter enables … that technology at the time of the switch. …

countries. However we are evidencing that the majority of the CDM projects deploy local sources of technology, which challenges … the North- South technology transfer paradigm established under the sustainable development agenda of the KP. This paper … is an attempt to explain technology sourcing patterns in CDM projects through employment of knowledge base determinants …