Subsidy reform and sustainable development: political economy aspects

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author, issuing body.

Series:

OECD sustainable development studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Subsidies.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (132 p.)

Place of Publication:

OECD Publishing 2007

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2007.

Summary:

Unsustainable subsidies are pervasive in the industry, agriculture, transport and energy sectors of most OECD countries. They are expensive for governments and can have harmful environmental and social effects. Eliminating these supports requires comprehensive approaches which are supported by top political leadership, transparent in their potential effects on all parties, consistent over the long-term, and often accompanied by transition supports. This volume uses sectoral case studies to illustrate that achieving change in structural policies such as subsidies depends largely on good governance practices.

Contents:

Foreword

Preface / Kiyo Akasaka

Chair's summary / Lori Ridgeway

Discussant remarks / Blair Comley

PART I. Enabling Subsidy reform through addressing economic, environmental and social impacts. Ch. 1. A sustainable development framework for assessing the benefits of subsidy reform / Stephan Barg, Aaron Cosbey and Ronald Steenblik ; Ch. 2. Easing subsidy reform for producers, consumers and communities / Anthony Cox

PART II. Case Studies of subsidy reform and sustainable development. Ch. 3. Agriculture / Janet Dwyer ; Ch. 4. Energy / Doug Koplow ; Ch. 5. Fisheries / James Brown ; Ch. 6. Forestry / Pentti Lähteenoja.

ISBN:

1-281-74634-7

9786611746346

92-64-01937-5