TY - JOUR A1 - Kostka, Genia T1 - Mobility and agency: Private sector development in rural central China JF - The China Journal KW - Private sector KW - Corporations KW - Towns KW - Bank loans KW - Privately held corporations KW - Industrial management KW - County governments KW - Government officials KW - Electronic components KW - Business structures Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1086/665739 SN - 1324-9347 VL - 67 SP - 47 EP - 66 PB - The University of Chicago Press CY - Chicago ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kostka, Genia A1 - Polzin, Christine A1 - Scharrer, Jenny T1 - The future of sugar cane in (the) People’s Republic of China and India: Supply constraints and expansion potential JF - Applied Energy N2 - The last decade has seen a surging demand for biofuels in the wake of increasing oil prices and rising environmental concerns. The most common biofuel is bio-ethanol accounting for more than 90% of total biofuel usage. It is increasingly produced from sugar cane making cane a strategic crop for biofuels. Given the growing demand for “green” fuels, bio-ethanol production has been supported by energy policies in the past decade, which have consequently been accused of contributing to the global trend of rising food prices and thus jeopardising food security. However, while biofuel policies are an important driver, prices as much as food security will ultimately be determined by supply constraints of strategic crops. This paper hence investigates drivers of and constraints to sugar cane production in (the) People’s Republic of China and India and shows that supply side constraints vary significantly in the two countries. (the) PRC and India both face serious limitations with regard to suitable available land for the further expansion of sugar cane production. Equally they are both faced with challenges to increasing yield output per hectare, albeit different ones. With regard to productivity, (the) PRC achieved 2.7% annual yield growth since 1997, while India has seen yield decreases of −0.1% p.a. over the same period. The authors conclude that cane used as a feedstock to meet the rising energy demand will come at the expense of converting fertile land for non-food purposes. KW - Biofuel development KW - Sugar cane productivity KW - Energy policy KW - Development policy KW - (the) People’s Republic of China KW - India Y1 - 2009 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.05.005 VL - 86 IS - S1 SP - S100 EP - S107 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] ER - TY - EDBOOK A1 - Kostka, Genia A1 - Mol, A. T1 - Local environmental politics in China: Challenges and innovations Y1 - 2013 SN - 978-0415723299 PB - Routledge CY - London [u.a.] ER - TY - THES A1 - Kostka, Genia T1 - Private sector development in central China: patterns, causes, and the role of local governments Y1 - 2010 PB - Oxford Univ.Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Eaton, Sarah A1 - Kostka, Genia T1 - Does cadre turnover help or hinder China's green rise?: Evidence from Shanxi province T2 - Chinese environmental policy: Dynamics, challenges, and prospects in a changing society Y1 - 2013 SN - 9781137350688 PB - Palgrave Macmillan CY - Basingstoke [u.a.] ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kostka, Genia T1 - Private sector development in Anhui province: The impact of regional spillovers from Jiangsu Province T2 - China in the World Economy Y1 - 2009 SN - 978-0-415-47002-5 SP - 212 EP - 234 PB - Routledge CY - London [u.a.] ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kostka, Genia A1 - Sandilands, R. T1 - A property rights puzzle?: The development of Chinese non-state enterprises T2 - The future of capitalism after the collapse of communism Y1 - 2008 SN - 978-0-948027-55-0 SP - 61 EP - 86 PB - Centre for Research into Post-Communist Economies (CRCE) CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kostka, Genia A1 - Eaton, Sarah T1 - China's green rise: Growing ambition, growing challenges Y1 - 2012 UR - http://opencanada.org/features/the-think-tank/essays/chinas-green-rise-growing-ambition-growing-challenges-2/ PB - CIC Canadian International Council CY - Toronto ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Kostka, Genia A1 - Harrison, Tom T1 - Manoeuvres for a low carbon state: The local politics of climate change in China and India T2 - Developmental Leadership Program - Series N2 - Debates about how to respond to climate change have largely focused on the difficulties in agreeing on national targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. By assuming that the main obstacle to emissions reduction lies in the inability to reach agreement internationally, the current debate underplays the challenges of building the state capacity that will be needed to ensure mitigation takes place. Yet the implementation of mitigation strategies is far from straightforward. It requires careful balancing of competing priorities and deliberate strategies to bring different interest groups on board. We analyse the way this balancing act has been carried out in promoting energy efficiency measures in China and India. The balancing act has been done differently as each country has tailored its approach to the context of competing priorities and differing institutional capabilities. We encapsulate these differences by referring to China’s approach as ‘state-signalling’ and India’s approach as a ‘market-plus’ approach. China’s approach is more explicitly statist than India’s, but in both countries the state plays a central role in building the support base for its policies through processes that we describe as the bundling of policies and interests. KW - Local government KW - Sustainable growth Y1 - 2012 UR - http://publications.dlprog.org/Manoeuvres%20for%20a%20Low%20Carbon%20State.pdf IS - 22 PB - Universität Birmingham CY - Birmingham ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Kostka, Genia A1 - Scharrer, J. T1 - Ethiopia's sesame sector: The contribution of different farming models to poverty alleviation, climate resilience and women's empowerment T2 - Oxfam Research Reports - Series Y1 - 2011 SN - 9781848149243 PB - Oxfam International CY - Oxford [u.a.] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kostka, Genia T1 - Climate policies made in China JF - Sonnemann: Business Magazine Y1 - 2011 VL - 7 IS - 7 SP - 76 EP - 77 PB - Frankfurt School of Finance and Management CY - Frankfurt ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kostka, Genia T1 - China's energy policies: From a 'growth at any cost' model to a sustainable, energy-secure growth path? JF - China Business & Research (CBR) Y1 - 2010 UR - https://www.dcw-ev.de/files/china-infos/ChinaBusinessResearch/CBR2010_011_Kostka_EnergyPolicy.pdf VL - 011 PB - Frankfurt School of Finance and Management CY - Frankfurt ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Kostka, Genia A1 - Scharrer, Jenny T1 - Ethiopia’s sesame sector: The contribution of different farming models to poverty alleviation, climate resilience and women's empowerment T2 - Oxfam Research Reports - Series N2 - The key findings of this report are that sesame is a suitable crop for poverty alleviation for smallholders in Benishangul Gumuz and that the smallholder model is competitive versus the large-scale investor model in terms of productivity. Farmers can achieve high profits without significant up-front investments. With minimal expenditure for sesame seeds and some simple equipment for ploughing, weeding and harvesting, farmers can cultivate sesame on a family labor basis. Potential income is higher in the smallholder model than from either communal land management, or from the salaries from large-scale investors. However, this potential is mirrored by the highest risk for farmers to receive the lowest income. Smallholders can mitigate this risk as well as increase their income further through membership of primary production co-operatives that offer higher sales prices and paid-out dividends. Y1 - 2011 UR - http://www.oxfamblogs.org/eastafrica/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/rr-ethiopias-sesame-sector-220711-en.pdf SN - 978-1-84814-924-3 PB - Oxfam GB CY - Oxford [u.a.] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kostka, Genia T1 - Jinqing Cao: China along the Yellow River: Reflection on Rural Society JF - Asian Affairs Y1 - 2008 SN - 0306-8374 VL - 39 IS - 3 SP - 474 EP - 475 PB - Routledge CY - London [u.a.] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kostka, Genia A1 - Polzin, Christine A1 - Fulai, Sheng A1 - et al., T1 - Is the concept of a green economy a useful way of framing policy discussions and policymaking to promote sustainable development? JF - Natural Resources Forum: A United Nations Sustainable Development Journal N2 - Contribution for the "Viewpoint" section of the journal. In the Viewpoints section, academics, practitioners and experts share their perspectives on policy questions relevant to sustainable development. Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-8947.2011.01347.x SN - 1477-8947 VL - 35 IS - 1 SP - 72 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Hoboken (NJ) [u.a.] ER - TY - EDBOOK A1 - Hammerschmid, Gerhard A1 - Wegrich, Kai A1 - Kostka, Genia T1 - The Governance of Infrastructure. N2 - If infrastructure is a fundamental driver of economic growth and social development, why is it so difficult to get right? This volume makes the case for a governance perspective on infrastructure. This implies moving beyond rational economic analysis of what should be done towards an analysis of the political, institutional and societal mechanisms that shape decision-making about infrastructure investment, planning and implementation. The expert contributions dissect the logics of infrastructure governance in a novel way, providing timely analyses that will enrich debates about how to get infrastructure governance right. Y1 - 2017 SN - 9780198787310 PB - Oxford University Press CY - Oxford ; New York, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hammerschmid, Gerhard A1 - Wegrich, Kai A1 - Kostka, Genia T1 - The Challenges of Infrastructure: Complexity, (Ir)Rationalities, and the Search for Better Governance T2 - The Governance of Infrastructure Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-0198757436 SP - 1 EP - 20 PB - Oxford University Press ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kostka, Genia A1 - Hochstetler, Kathryn T1 - Wind and Solar Power in Brazil and China: Interests, State-Business Relations, and Policy Outcomes JF - Global Environmental Politics N2 - This article examines developments in the renewable electricity sector in Brazil and China since 2000. The two countries share many interests with respect to solar and wind power, but institutional differences in state–business relations led to different outcomes. In China, in a context of corporatist state–business relations, state interventions were more far-reaching, with the state coordinating with state-owned banks, offering large financial and investment incentives to state-owned or state-connected enterprises. By contrast, in Brazil’s public–private partnerships, state support to promote renewable energies was shaped by a stronger preference for competitive auctions and stricter financing rules. The differences in state–business relations help explain the observed developmental trajectories in wind and solar power KW - solar industry KW - wind industry KW - state-business relations KW - Brazil KW - China KW - private-public partnerships KW - state corporatism Y1 - 2015 UR - http://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/hanapi/hanapi.php?profile=4dfs1q6ik%2BHI6trd2JLhy6XO1eGS3NLlldzU0trT4ZLZ19elxNzcp6jHspXmyNipz6WP&DestinationURL=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.tpr.glenvp.v15y2015i3p74.94&site=eds-live U6 - https://doi.org/10.1162/GLEP_a_00312 SN - 1536-0091 VL - 15 IS - 3 SP - 74 EP - 94 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kostka, Genia T1 - Command without control: The case of China’s environmental target system JF - Regulation & Governance N2 - In the existing literature there is general agreement that the effectiveness and efficiency of command and control instruments versus market-based instruments is highly context specific. A country's particular regulatory environment and state capacity, as well as the features of given environmental problems, play an important role in ascertaining what the “right” set of policy instruments for environmental management might be. This article examines how command and control instruments are used as an environmental enforcement mechanism in China's authoritarian state. Based on extensive fieldwork, this paper shows that the reliance on binding environmental targets as the main domestic policy instrument in China has generated numerous undesirable consequences. While China's target-based approach to implementation has incentivized local officials to strictly enforce environmental mandates, there are numerous shortcomings in the system. In particular, target rigidity, cyclical behaviour, poor data quality, and the absence of an independent monitoring agency have generated adverse effects and contribute to a yawning gap between regulatory goals and outcomes. The paper concludes that binding environmental targets as the main command–control instrument in China can be more accurately described as “command without control” as the target-setting central government does not exercise a high degree of control over implementation and monitoring processes. But command and control instruments can be suited for managing “first-generation” environmental problems and addressing environmental issues that have easily identifiable pollution sources and which are easy to verify. KW - authoritarian environmentalism KW - China KW - command and control instruments KW - environmental policy implementation KW - regulation KW - targets Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12082 SN - 1748-5991 VL - 10 IS - 1 SP - 58 EP - 74 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kostka, Genia T1 - Template for Debate Evaluation N2 - Genia Kostka's Template for Debate Evaluation Y1 - 2017 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-21301 ER -