Associate Researcher @AFD & C3A World Bank
The carbon market doesn’t necessarily favor the cheapest projects—so higher prices alone won’t guarantee more projects—but it does favor standardized protocols, high success rates, minimal coordination requirements. These market criteria can sometimes conflict with local benefits.
The carbon market doesn’t necessarily favor the cheapest projects—so higher prices alone won’t guarantee more projects—but it does favor standardized protocols, high success rates, minimal coordination requirements. These market criteria can sometimes conflict with local benefits.
Through fieldwork and semi-structured interviews, we created a comprehensive novel dataset and compared projects funded by the carbon market with non-carbon-market projects using a transaction-cost analysis framework.
Through fieldwork and semi-structured interviews, we created a comprehensive novel dataset and compared projects funded by the carbon market with non-carbon-market projects using a transaction-cost analysis framework.