Download or read book OECD Sustainable Development Studies Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development Economic Environmental and Social Aspects written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2006-04-19 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book OECD Sustainable Development Studies Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development Political Economy Aspects written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2007-04-30 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume uses sectoral case studies to illustrate that achieving change in structural policies such as subsidies depends largely on good governance practices.
Download or read book Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development written by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and published by Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development. This book was released on 2006 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subsidies are commonly used in OECD countries as public policy instruments to achieve specific socio-economic or environmental objectives, but they can often have unintended consequences, such as budget deficits, pollution, unemployment and trade distortions. This report contains the proceedings of an OECD workshop on subsidy reform, held in Paris in October 2005, which examined methods for assessing subsidies and associated taxes, and considered country experiences in reforming subsidies in the agriculture, fisheries, industry, and transport sectors.
Download or read book Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development written by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmentally Harmful Subsidies Policy Issues and Challenges written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2003-09-05 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Environmentally Harmful Subsidies Challenges for Reform written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2005-08-11 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses politically-feasible reform strategies that can be used to combat environmentally harmful subsidies.
Download or read book OECD Insights Sustainable Development Linking Economy Society Environment written by Strange Tracey and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2008-12-02 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A succinct examination of the concept of sustainable development: what it means; how it is impacted by globalisation, production and consumption; how it can be measured; and what can be done to promote it.
Download or read book Policies to Enhance Sustainable Development written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2001-05-14 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable development involves linking the economic, social and environmental objectives of societies in a balanced way. It stresses the importance of taking a broader view of what human welfare entails, of using a long-term perspective about the ...
Download or read book Energy Subsidies written by Anja von Moltke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The need to reform energy subsidies was one of the pressing issues highlighted at the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Many types of subsidy, especially those that encourage the production and use of fossil fuel, and other non-renewable forms of energy, are harmful to the environment. They can also have high financial and economic costs, and often only bring few benefits to the people for whom they are intended.Removing, reducing or restructuring such energy subsidies is helpful for the environment and the economy at the same time. Potential social costs in terms of employment in the conventional energy industry or reduced access to energy could be addressed by redirecting the money formerly spent on subsidies to income support, health, environment, education or regional development programmes.Of course, subsidies can have certain positive consequences, particularly where they are aimed at encouraging more sustainable energy production and use. Temporary support for renewable energy and energy-efficient technologies to overcome market barriers, and measures to improve poor or rural households' access to modern, commercial forms of energy, for instance, could be positive measures in support of sustainable development.Based on ground-breaking work undertaken by UNEP and the International Energy Agency, this book aims to raise awareness of the actual and potential impacts of energy subsidies and provide guidance to policy-makers on how to design and implement energy-subsidy reforms. It provides methodologies for analysing the impact of subsidies and their reform, and reviews experiences with energy subsidies in a number of countries and regions. Drawing on these case studies, it analyses the lessons learned as well as the policy implications, and provides guidance on how to overcome resistance to reform.The book provides an analytical framework which aims to set the scene for the detailed discussion of energy-subsidy issues at the country level. It considers how subsidies are defined, how they can be measured, how big they are and how their effects can be assessed. A more detailed discussion of methodological approaches to the assessment of the economic, environmental and social effects of subsidies and their reform is contained in the Annex.Chapters 3–11 of the book contain country case studies from contributing authors, which review various experiences and issues related to energy subsidies in selected countries, but do not strive for a common approach. They are organised along geographical lines, beginning with a review of energy subsidies generally in OECD countries. Case studies of energy subsidies in transition economies – the Czech and Slovak Republics (Chapter 4) and Russia (Chapter 5) – follow. Three studies of Asian countries focus on the costs of different types of energy subsidy: electricity subsidies in India (Chapter 6), oil subsidies in Indonesia (Chapter 7) and energy subsidies generally in Korea (Chapter 8). Chapter 9 reviews the effect of energy subsidies in Iran and suggests a pragmatic approach to reforming them. This is followed by an assessment of the LPG subsidy programme in Senegal (Chapter 10) and an analysis of the effects of removing coal and oil subsides in Chile (Chapter 11).Chapter 12 analyses the lessons learned from these case studies, focusing on the economic, environmental and social effects and their implications for policy. Finally, Chapter 13 discusses the implications of these findings and makes practical recommendations for designing and implementing policy reforms.This book will be essential for both practitioners and academics involved in the energy sector and for governments and policy-makers wishing to examine the reform of energy subsidies.
Download or read book OECD Sustainable Development Studies Conducting Sustainability Assessments written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2008-06-11 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews the state of the art in conducting sustainability assessments, including the range of methodologies and tools available.
Download or read book Working Together Towards Sustainable Development The OECD Experience written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2002-06-04 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report assesses the contribution made by OECD countries, both at home and internationally, and brings together the main lessons learned through the Organisation's extensive work on sustainable development.
Download or read book OECD Sustainable Development Studies Institutionalising Sustainable Development written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2007-04-26 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains recommendations for the true “institutionalisation” of sustainable development.
Download or read book Sustainable Development written by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and published by Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development. This book was released on 2001-06-28 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we meet the needs of today without diminishing the capacity of future generations to meet theirs? This is the central question posed by "sustainable development". OECD countries committed themselves to sustainable development at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio, yet - almost ten years later - progress accomplished remains partial and uneven. Drawing on analysis carried forward in response to a mandate from OECD Ministers in 1998, this report stresses the urgency to address some of the most pressing challenges for sustainable development. It reviews the conceptual foundations of sustainable development, its measurement, and the institutional reforms needed to make it operational. It then discusses how international trade and investment, as well as development co-operation, can contribute to sustainable development on a global basis, and reviews the experience of OECD countries in using market-based, regulatory and technology policies to reach sustainability goals in a cost-effective way. The report also provides an in-depth analysis of policies designed to address key threats to sustainability in the areas of climate change and natural resource management, as well as of those that respond to sustainability concerns at the sectoral and sub-national level. The common thrust of the report is that substantial opportunities exist to make economic growth, environmental protection, and social development mutually reinforcing.
Download or read book Sustainable Development OECD Policy Approaches for the 21st Century written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 1998-01-06 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication provides an overview and analysis of trends in Sustainable Development and identifies policy gaps and trade-offs that have been encountered and points to future options.
Download or read book OECD Sustainable Development Studies Measuring Sustainable Production written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2008-03-25 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people support sustainable development without knowing what it is. What exactly are sustainable consumption and sustainable production, and how are these practices identified? This volume reviews the state-of-the-art in measuring sustainable ...
Download or read book The Political Economy of Biodiversity Policy Reform written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides insights on the political economy of biodiversity related policy reforms. It draws on existing literature and four new case studies covering the French tax on pesticides, agricultural subsidy reform in Switzerland, EU payments to Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau to...
Download or read book OECD Factbook 2014 Economic Environmental and Social Statistics written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OECD Factbook 2014 is a comprehensive and dynamic statistical annual publication. It includes more than 100 indicators covering a wide range of topics.
