[PDF] Environmentally Harmful Subsidies eBook

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 43,64 MB
Release : 2003-09-05
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ISBN : 9264104496

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Proceedings of the OECD Workshop on Environmentally Harmful Subsidies, November 2002. For the first time, experts from a variety of backgrounds had the opportunity to take stock of and share technical knowledge of subsidies and their impacts.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 33,90 MB
Release : 2005-08-11
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ISBN : 9264012052

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This book discusses politically-feasible reform strategies that can be used to combat environmentally harmful subsidies.

Author : Frans H. Oosterhuis
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 19,49 MB
Release : 2014-05-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 178254531X

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Demonstrating how subsidy reform may contribute to a better environment, support fiscal reform and address social and economic objectives, this authoritative book will appeal to policy makers and their advisors all over the world. It will also be a use

Author : Annegrete Bruvoll
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 11,46 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Science
ISBN : 9289322535

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The report discusses the theoretical principles for an efficient environmental and distribution policy and offers a comprehensive survey of experiences from policy reforms in different countries. The reform survey forms a background to recommendations for implementation of sustainable policy reforms, taking care of environmental, economic and distributional concerns. It particularly brings in the Nordic experiences, both to enlighten the problems with environmentally harmful subsidies in these countries, and to discuss what can be learned from the experiences in a broader international context. The analysis has been carried out during the period October 2010 - May 2011. The study was carried out by Vista Analyse AS and commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers for the Environment.

Author : Annegrete Bruvoll
Publisher :
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 29,22 MB
Release : 2011
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ISBN : 9789289330473

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Abstract: Reforming environmentally harmful subsidies: How to counteract distributional impacts The report discusses the theoretical principles for an efficient environmental and distribution policy and offers a comprehensive survey of experiences from policy reforms in different countries. The reform survey forms a background to recommendations for implementation of sustainable policy reforms, taking care of environmental, economic and distributional concerns. It particularly brings in the Nordic experiences, both to enlighten the problems with environmentally harmful subsidies in these countries, and to discuss what can be learned from the experiences in a broader international context. The analysis has been carried out during the period October 2010 - May 2011. The study was carried out by Vista Analyse AS and commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers for the Environment

Author : Richard Damania
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 17,69 MB
Release : 2023-06-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 1464819173

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Clean air, land, and oceans are critical for human health and nutrition and underpin much of the world's economy. Yet they suffer from degradation, poor management, and overuse due to government subsidies. 'Detox Development: Repurposing Environmentally Harmful Subsidies' examines the impact of subsidies on these foundational natural assets. Explicit and implicit subsidies--estimated to exceed US$7 trillion per year--not only promote inefficiencies but also cause much environmental harm. Poor air quality is responsible for approximately 1 in 5 deaths globally. And as the new analyses in this report show, a significant number of these deaths can be attributed to fossil fuel subsidies. Agriculture is the largest user of land worldwide, feeding the world and employing 1 billion people, including 78 percent of the world's poor. But it is subsidized in ways that promote inefficiency, inequity, and unsustainability. Subsidies are shown to drive the deterioration of water quality and increase water scarcity by incentivizing overextraction. In addition, they are responsible for 14 percent of annual deforestation, incentivizing the production of crops that are cultivated near forests. These subsidies are also implicated in the spread of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases, especially malaria. Finally, oceans support the world's fisheries and supply about 3 billion people with almost 20 percent of their protein intake from animals. Yet they are in a collective state of crisis, with more than 34 percent of fisheries overfished, exacerbated by open-access regimes and capacity-increasing subsidies. Although the literature on subsidies is large, this report fills significant knowledge gaps using new data and methods. In doing so, it enhances understanding of the scale and impact of subsidies and offers solutions to reform or repurpose them in efficient and equitable ways. The aim is to enhance understanding of the magnitude, consequences, and drivers of policy successes and failures in order to render reforms more achievable.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 17,13 MB
Release : 2006-04-19
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ISBN : 9264025650

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These proceedings present an overview of approaches for assessing subsidies and associated taxes and look at country experiences in reforming subsidies in agriculture, fisheries, industry and transport.

Author : Norman Myers
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 20,83 MB
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Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781610914024

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Outlines hundreds of examples of perverse subsidies that are granted at the expense of the environment. Addresses the implications of perverse subsidies in six leading sectors and shows how these subsidies undercut economies and environments alike.