Policy transfer processes and renewable energy penetration: a comparative analysis of Peru, Thailand, and Uganda

Table 1 Principal causes and motivations for policy transfer concerning RE

Countries		Peru	Thailand	Uganda
Causes/motivations		Peru	Thailand	Uganda
Pure Voluntary causes
Mixtures	Legitimation	K^a	K	✓
	Electoral Context		✓
	Uncertainty	✓	K	K
	Externalities		✓
	Technological Change			✓
	Economic Pressures	K
	Competition			✓
	International Consensus/ trends	K	✓
	Others			Collaborative
Pure coercive causes

Source: Authors’ elaboration based on Dolowitz and Marsh [23, 24]
^aThe letter K refers to key causal factors observed over the policy transfer process

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