| Description |
1 online resource (xxxv, 266 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on resource, viewed September 7, 2023 |
| Subject |
Subsidies -- Environmental aspects
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Environmental economics.
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Pollution -- Economic aspects.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Balseca, Esteban, author.
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De Fontaubert, A. Charlotte, author.
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Gill, Joshua (Economist), author.
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Kim, Kichan, 1985- author.
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Rentschler, Jun, author.
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Russ, Jason (Economist), author.
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Zaveri, Esha, author.
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| LC no. |
2022917355 |
| ISBN |
9781464819179 |
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1464819173 |
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