International Organizations and Environmental Aid

Download or read book International Organizations and Environmental Aid written by Elena V. McLean and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of this dissertation is the strategic relationship between donors and recipients of environmental aid. There is no agreement among researchers on the question of whether or not institutions that provide aid to address the problem of global environmental commons can achieve noticeable improvements in the quality of the natural environment. In my dissertation I analyze the conditions that can make such aid effective in achieving its environmental goals. My study demonstrates that financial transfer institutions can be successful in improving environment, but this positive impact is indirect, through the effects of donor-recipient interactions that alter incentives of governments, rather than direct, through inflows of aid. Therefore, the main dependent variable of this study is the effectiveness of environmental aid.