The Right Price (Finance & Development)
This article by Ian Parry (Principal Environmental Fiscal Policy Expert, IMF Fiscal Affairs Department) examines how putting a price on carbon should be at the centre of policies to reduce greenhouse
This article by Ian Parry (Principal Environmental Fiscal Policy Expert, IMF Fiscal Affairs Department) examines how putting a price on carbon should be at the centre of policies to reduce greenhouse
This IMF Staff Discussion Note takes stock of the wide-ranging implications of climate change for fiscal, financial, and macroeconomic policies. In the context of implementing the December 2015 Paris Agreement, the paper examines
This study for the European Commission reviews the extent to which the taxation of company cars in EU Member States artificially promotes the use of such cars. The study presents estimates of the
This project supported by the European Commission examines Environmental Fiscal Reform (EFR) initiatives in developing countries, focusing on five African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) countries (Burkina Faso, South Africa, Uganda, Barbados and Vanuatu), and identifies
This discussion paper by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) provides an overview of how fiscal policies are being used to
This research paper by Chatham House examines the theory and complexity of pricing gas with the aim of highlighting key issues in developing more efficient pricing and allocation systems. Much of the discussion
This chapter reviews current estimates on the magnitude of energy subsidies globally, inefficiencies with subsidy targeting, opportunity costs of non-reform, and the barriers to subsidy reform. The chapter appears in
This IMF Working Paper provides an update of evidence for developing countries on the magnitude of the welfare impact of subsidy reform and its distribution across income groups. The paper incorporates evidence
This Policy Research working paper is a product of the Energy and Extractives Global Practice Group at the World Bank Group. The paper provides an overview of experiences with fossil
This New Climate Economy working paper examines energy subsidies, related to the production and consumption of fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal), and outlines opportunities and processes to support their
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