One of the dual objectives of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol is to assist host countries in achieving sustainable development. With various CDM indicators for 58 CDM host countries over the period 2005-2010, this paper empirically assesses whether CDM project...

This Discussion Paper makes the case for universality in United Nations (UN) development work. So far, the UN development pillar has largely remained wedded to a 20th-century approach to development cooperation that centres on two groups of states and a one-way relationship between them: rich...

Market-based instruments, bioenergy, clean development mechanism, Africa, offset mechanism, ecosystem service, economic experiment. - Marktbasierte Instrumente, Bioenergie, Afrika, Ausgleichshandel, Ökosystemleistung, ökonomische Experimente