@article{fdi:010079966, title = {{T}he three dialectics of adaptation finance in {V}ietnam}, author = {{P}annier, {E}mmanuel and {V}u, {T}. {C}. and {E}spagne, {E}. and {P}ulliat, {G}. and {N}guyen, {T}. {T}. {H}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he goal of this paper is to analyze the complex institutional landscape of adaptation finance in {V}ietnam, a middle-income country highly vulnerable to the impact of climate change. {W}hile resources from international organizations and national authorities occupy a prominent position in adaptation funding, the use of local resources that directly or indirectly support adaptation practices is also an important factor to consider. {W}e hypothesize that it is that interplay between official climate change finance on the one hand and local social dynamics on the other hand that shapes the structure of adaptation funding. {T}hese very particular financing circuits consequently determine the kind of adaptation actions that are actually implemented. {T}he paper unfolds the adaptation finance flows at all scales by using qualitative field studies, technical and legal reports, and a wide-ranging literature on adaptation project financing, and thus identifies three types of dialectical tensions that might hinder {V}ietnamese institutional readiness for adaptation finance: the adaptation/development financing nexus, the adaptation/reaction financing behaviors, and the endogenous/exogenous financing dichotomy. {U}ltimately, the paper derives from these dialectical tensions within the architecture and functioning of adaptation finance key takeaway messages for a prospective analysis of adaptation funding that better informs adaptation finance policies.}, keywords = {climate change ; adaptation finance ; social capital ; institutional ; readiness ; {V}ietnam ; {VIET} {NAM}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{S}ustainability}, volume = {12}, numero = {18}, pages = {7691 [24 ]}, year = {2020}, DOI = {10.3390/su12187691}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079966}, }