2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Diffusion of Energy-Saving Technologies in Less Developed Countries
| Project/Area Number |
21330051
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Applied economics
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
TODO Yasuyuki 東京大学, 大学院・新領域創成科学研究科, 教授 (30336507)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 環境経済学 |
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| Research Abstract |
This project investigated how environmentally-friendly technologies diffuse in less developed countries, using firm-level data from Indonesia and Mongolia and household-level data from Ethiopia. We found that energy-saving technologies spill overs from foreign-owned firms to locally-owned firms and that the structure of social networks substantially affects diffusion of agricultural technologies. These results generate policy implications. For example, attracting foreign direct investment with high energy-saving technologies and extension systems which do not rely on extension agents but utilize existing social networks would contribute to diffusion of environmental technologies to less developed countries.
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