2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
The Role of Foreign Development Assistance in the Myanmar Energy System Transition
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19K20508
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
LINDNER ROBERT 九州大学, エネルギー研究教育機構, 准教授 (40774419)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | energy transitions / Myanmar / developing country / Southeast Asia / development aid |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
The research in the last FY concentrated on the international energy governance level in Southeast Asia to complement the preliminary findings of the previous field research in Myanmar. The reason is that the rapid deployment of modern renewable energy generation capacity in the fast-growing Southeast Asian region will be crucial to ensure that the region can meet its increasing future energy demand in a sustainable way. However, many countries will need assistance through international cooperation and foreign aid to develop their sustainable energy sources. The project conducted an analysis of official aid databases and second-party data to explore the details of the energy-related aid contributions of the main donors to Southeast Asia during the last two decades. It also created an entirely new database to compensate for incomplete official data about Chinese energy-related foreign aid to the region. The research project has been going to plan and results been published in international peer-reviewed articles and at international academic conferences, workshops and public symposia. In addition, public-academic events have been organized at Kyushu University to integrate the project's results in the wider policy discourse on sustainable energy finance in Southeast Asia.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The research project has been going to plan.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The remaining time of the project will be used to further explore the regional dimension of energy finance and to publish the final research findings.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Due to the COVID pandemic international travel has not been possible and needed to be postponed to a later date.
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