Conducting Research in Climate Finance in Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities of Using Grounded Theory Methodology Approach

Vanessa Pinsky (), Isak Kruglianskas () and Clandia Maffini Gomes ()
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Vanessa Pinsky: University of Sao Paulo (USP)
Isak Kruglianskas: University of Sao Paulo (USP)
Clandia Maffini Gomes: Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM)

Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, 2020, vol. 21, issue 1, No 4, 49-60

Abstract: Abstract Grounded theory is a powerful method to comprehend processes and experiments based on the logical relation to a problem that require collective actions. In most of the cases, the intent is to propose solutions to real-world problems based in a pragmatic and meaningful way. Although grounded theory is well-discussed method in social sciences, in the field of climate change, it is poorly used. The aim of this paper is to provide a description on the practical process of doing research in the climate finance field using the grounded theory approach. The article presents methodological not substantive results of a research focused on the governance process of REDD+, a performance-based climate finance mechanism to incentive developing countries to reduce forest-related emissions. Academics, both scholars and students, can be benefited with the results presented in this paper—a systematized process to use grounded theory method to understand a complex real-world problem which can be a useful step-by-step methodological approach for theory building in applied sciences in other policy domains and flexible systems management.

Keywords: Climate change; Climate finance; Flexible systems management; Grounded theory; REDD+ (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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