Assessing the Investment Climate for Climate Investments : A Comparative Framework for Clean Energy Investments in South Asia in a Global Context

Assessing the Investment Climate for Climate Investments : A Comparative Framework for Clean Energy Investments in South Asia in a Global Context

One of the strong messages that came out of the recent United Nations Climate Change conference in Durban was that the private sector has to play an important role if we are to globally move toward a low carbon, climate resilient -- or "climat...

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Main Author:	Mani, Muthukumara S.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AIR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ALTERNATIVE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT APPLIANCE STANDARDS APPROACH APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY AQUIFERS AVAILABILITY BALANCE BATTERIES BIOMASS BIOMASS POWER BIOMASS GASIFICATION CAPITAL COST CAPITAL COSTS CARBON CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON ENERGY CARBON TECHNOLOGIES CARBON TRADING CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLEAN ENERGY CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES CLEAN TECHNOLOGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATES CLOUD COVER CO CO2 COAL COMBUSTION COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COMPLIANCE COSTS CONDITIONERS CONSTRUCTION COST CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS CONVENTIONAL ENERGY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DIESEL DIESEL GENERATORS DIFFUSION DISCOUNT RATES DISTRIBUTION LOSSES DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION ELECTRIC UTILITIES ELECTRIC VEHICLES ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY BILLS ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY PRICES ELECTRICITY SUPPLY EMERGING MARKETS EMISSION EMISSION TARGETS EMISSIONS ABATEMENT EMISSIONS TARGETS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ENABLING ENVIRONMENTS ENERGY CONSERVATION ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY COSTS ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY ECONOMICS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS ENERGY MARKET ENERGY POLICIES ENERGY POLICY ENERGY PRODUCTS ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY TAXES ENERGY USAGE ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION ENVIRONMENTS EXCHANGE RATE EXTERNALITIES FEEDSTOCK FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FIXED COSTS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL IMPORTS FOSSIL FUELS GENERATION GHG GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS HEAT HEAT RECOVERY HIGH ENERGY INTENSITY HIGHER ENERGY PRICES HOST COUNTRIES HYDRO POWER HYDROPOWER INCOME INDUSTRIAL WASTE INSURANCE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITY INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATES INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT RISK IRRADIATION LOW-CARBON MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET FAILURE MARKET FAILURES MARKET PRICES MATURITY MINERAL RESOURCES OIL ONSHORE WIND OPPORTUNITY COSTS PENALTIES PERFORMANCE STANDARDS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY MAKERS PORTFOLIO POTENTIAL INVESTORS POWER POWER GENERATION POWER INVESTMENTS POWER PLANT POWER PLANTS POWER PRODUCER POWER PRODUCERS POWER PROJECT POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS POWER SECTOR POWER SOURCES PP PRIVATE INVESTMENT PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC UTILITIES PURCHASING POWER RAW MATERIAL RAW MATERIALS REAL ESTATE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPLY RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS RENEWABLE POWER RENEWABLE SOURCES RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES RISK MANAGEMENT RULE OF LAW SILICON SMALLER TURBINES SOLAR CELLS SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR PANELS SOLAR POWER SOLAR PROJECTS SOLAR RADIATION SOLAR SYSTEMS SOURCE OF ENERGY STREAMS SURPLUS POWER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TARIFF STRUCTURE TAX TAX CREDITS TAX EXEMPTIONS TAX INCENTIVES TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TOTAL COST TRANSMISSION FACILITIES TRANSMISSION LINES UNEP UTILITIES UTILIZATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES VOLTAGE WIND WIND ENERGY WIND EQUIPMENT WIND POWER WIND POWER CAPACITY WIND POWER GENERATION WIND SPEED WIND SPEEDS WIND TURBINES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/16773876/assessing-investment-climate-climate-investments-comparative-framework-clean-energy-investments-south-asia-global-context http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12032

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/16773876/assessing-investment-climate-climate-investments-comparative-framework-clean-energy-investments-south-asia-global-context
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12032

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