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Author(s):
Shardul Agrawala and Maëlis Carraro
Year:
2010
City:
Paris
Publisher:
OECD Environment Directorate
Volume:
15
Pages:
38
Chapter(s):
5
Summary:

This paper offers the first empirical assessment of the linkages between microfinance supported activities and adaptation to climate change. Specifically, the lending portfolios of the 22 leading microfinance institutions in two climate vulnerable countries – Bangladesh and Nepal - are analysed to assess the synergies and potential conflicts between microfinance and adaptation. The two countries had also been previously examined as part of an earlier OECD report on the links between macro-level Official Development Assistance and adaptation.

This analysis provides a complementary “bottom-up” perspective on financing for adaptation. Insights from this analysis also have implications for OECD countries. This is because microfinance is also being increasingly tapped to reduce the vulnerability of the poor in domestic OECD contexts as well and may therefore have the potential to contribute to adaptation.

Leading Organization:
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
External Resources:
OECD
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File(s):
ENV-WKP(2010)1 Assessing the Role of Microfinance in Adaptation to Climate Change.pdf
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