Detox Development: Repurposing Environmentally Harmful Subsidies

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Main Messages -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Global Natural Resource Subsidies -- Overview -- What are subsidies and why do they matter? -- The magnitude of subsidies in natural resource sectors -- T...

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1. Verfasser: Damania, Richard (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Balseca, Esteban (MitwirkendeR), de Fontaubert, Charlotte (MitwirkendeR), Gill, Joshua (MitwirkendeR), Rentschler, Jun (MitwirkendeR), Russ, Jason (MitwirkendeR), Zaveri, Esha (MitwirkendeR)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D. C. World Bank Publications 2023
Ausgabe:1st ed.
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Zusammenfassung:Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Main Messages -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Global Natural Resource Subsidies -- Overview -- What are subsidies and why do they matter? -- The magnitude of subsidies in natural resource sectors -- The remainder of this report -- Notes -- References -- Part I Air -- Chapter 2 Toxic Air: Overview -- Introduction -- Poverty and exposure to air pollution -- Fossil fuels and air pollution -- Underpricing of polluting activities -- A case for action -- References -- Chapter 3 Subsidizing Toxic Air: The Vast Underpricing of Fossil Fuels and Their Use -- Introduction -- Fossil fuels and air pollution -- Explicit fossil fuel subsidies -- The societal costs of air pollution -- Fossil fuel subsidies: Best intentions but detrimental outcomes -- Polluting fossil fuels and the role of price signals -- Air pollution and price signals -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Virtually Inescapable: The Scale and Distribution of Toxic Air Pollution -- Introduction -- The global burden of air pollution -- An unequal burden: New evidence on air pollution from the world's coal-fired power plants -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Pro-Poor and Pro-Health: The Benefits of Reforming Subsidies -- The distributional implications of fossil fuel subsidy reform -- Fossil fuel subsidy reforms save lives -- References -- Part II Land -- Chapter 6 Size, Scope, and Composition of Agricultural Subsidies -- Introduction -- What is an agricultural subsidy? -- Policy objectives of agricultural support -- What is the magnitude of subsidies in the agriculture sector? -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 Inefficient, Unequal, and Unwise: The Economic and Distributional Impacts of Agricultural -- Introduction -- Agricultural subsidies and productivity.
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ISBN:9781464819179