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The political and institutional constraints on green finance in Indonesia

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The ADB estimates Asia’s infrastructure needs from 2016 to 2030 will exceed US $26 trillion. This ballooning demand for infrastructure, coupled with rising investor awareness of the importance of sustainable development, is driving the nascent green finance sector. In emerging markets, raising capital for green projects is often the easy part; identifying and implementing suitable projects and structuring the financing is more challenging. This paper draws on the school of institutional economics to analyse the potential of green finance in underwriting renewable energy development in Indonesia. The paper argues that even if there is strong demand on capital markets for green bonds backing clean energy projects, the institutional design of the renewable energy sector has created a misaligned incentive structure for Indonesia’s political class. The paper concludes by discussing Ministerial Regulation 50/2017 which has created a regulatory framework that side-steps some of these constraints.

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  • James Guild, 2020. "The political and institutional constraints on green finance in Indonesia," Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(2), pages 157-170, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jsustf:v:10:y:2020:i:2:p:157-170
    DOI: 10.1080/20430795.2019.1706312
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