This is the final report for the joint Adam Smith International and Vivid Economics ‘study of mechanisms to incentivize the financial sector to scale up financing of green investment in Jordan’. The overall aim of the study is to identify the barriers associated with private sector financing of ‘green economy’ activities in Jordan. The study also proposes possible ways to overcome these barriers, drawing, where appropriate, on experiences in other countries. The decision to undertake this study was taken in 2010 by Jordan’s Prime Minister and Ministry of Environment following a Green Financing Seminar held by the Ministry of Environment and the Association of Banks of Jordan. It also follows a Scoping Study – Towards a Green Economy carried out by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in partnership with the Ministry of Environment carried out in 2011.
