Detox development : repurposing environmentally harmful subsidies

Detox development : repurposing environmentally harmful subsidies / Richard Damania, Esteban Balseca, Charlotte de Fontaubert, Joshua Gill, Kichan Kim, Jun Rentschler, Jason Russ, and Esha Zaveri.

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Main Authors: Damania, Richard (Author), Balseca, Esteban (Author), De Fontaubert, A. Charlotte (Author), Gill, Joshua (Economist) (Author), Kim, Kichan, 1985- (Author), Rentschler, Jun (Author), Russ, Jason (Economist) (Author), Zaveri, Esha (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank Group, [2023]
Subjects:
Subsidies > Environmental aspects.
Environmental economics.
Pollution > Economic aspects.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • Agricultural subsidies and distributional goals
  • The way forward
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 8 Reap What You Sow: The Water Footprint of Agricultural Subsidies
  • Introduction
  • Nitrogen legacies and the role of subsidies
  • The law of unintended consequences
  • The way forward
  • Cultivating solutions
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 9 The Effects of Agricultural Subsidies on Forests and Their Spillovers
  • Introduction
  • Global deforestation is sensitive to changes in commodity prices
  • Assessing the effect of agricultural subsidies on deforestation
  • Agricultural subsidies and the emergence of infectious diseases: A focus on malaria
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part III Oceans
  • Chapter 10 The Economic, Social, and Environmental Effects of Harmful Fishery Subsidies
  • The state of the world's oceans
  • The dual challenges of open access and direct subsidies
  • The impact of subsidies in three critical fisheries
  • Implications and caveats
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part IV From evidence to action
  • Chapter 11 Reforming Harmful Subsidies in a Complex Political Economy

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