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  • Type Commentary
  • Date 12 November 2024
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Abstract

While private sustainable finance flows have grown substantially in recent years, they are heavily concentrated in certain countries – primarily in a few advanced economies. Emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) face significant barriers to accessing much-needed private funds for their decarbonization efforts.

Authors

Fatih Yılmaz

Senior Fellow-Climate & Sustainability Dr. Yilmaz currently works as a senior fellow I in the Climate and Sustainability program. His current research agenda aims…

Dr. Yilmaz currently works as a senior fellow I in the Climate and Sustainability program. His current research agenda aims to enhance our understanding of the financial and economic consequences of the sustainable energy transition and to design effective policies to balance risk and growth prospects.

Prior to joining KAPSARC, Dr. Yilmaz worked as an economist at the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, where he was actively involved in the research and the design of policies for the private and banking sectors. He also worked as a consultant for the World Bank and spent a year as an assistant professor of economics at ADA University.

He has authored various academic and policy articles and attended academic conferences and workshops. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Calgary.

Expertise

  • Sustainable Finance and Investment
  • Applied Banking and Finance
  • Corporate Taxation
  • Public Economics
  • Applied Micro-Econometrics

Publications See all Fatih Yılmaz’s publications

Akin Cilekoglu

Postdoctoral Researcher- Climate & Sustainability Dr. Cilekoglu is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Climate & Sustainability program. His current research covers understanding sustainable finance practices,…

Dr. Cilekoglu is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Climate & Sustainability program. His current research covers understanding sustainable finance practices, the implications of climate change, and the responses of firms to climate policy initiatives. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Barcelona and an M.Sc. in Economics from Catholic University in Milan. He was previously a Lecturer at Istanbul Bilgi University and a Visiting Researcher at both LMU in Munich and METU in Ankara. Prior to joining KAPSARC, he worked as a Climate Policy Consultant for a political party.

Expertise

  • Sustainable Finance
  • Environmental Economics
  • Applied Econometrics

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