Vietnam blows by Thailand in clean energy race
2021-07-05
Bureaucracy is hampering Bangkok’s renewable energy drive as rival Vietnam powers into the regional lead. Thailand is lagging Vietnam in the race to transition from
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News, indicators and facts of the work of the Green Fiscal Policy Network and our partners in Thailand.
WTO Informal Dialogue Calls for Ministerial Declaration on Plastics
2021-07-05
The Informal Dialogue on Plastics Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade currently has 16 co-sponsors. Ambassador Chad Blackman of Barbados, one of the Dialogue’s co-coordinators,
Thailand: COVID-19 delays tax reform plans
2021-07-05
Thailand’s economy is currently at its weakest since the 1997 Asian financial crisis. This has led the Thai government to put on hold its plans
Asian Development Bank signals end to ‘dirty’ coal finance
2018-10-31
24.10.2018 – According to its energy chief, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is making a decisive shift to clean energy. Coal plants are becoming unviable investments,
Environmental Tax Reform in Developing, Emerging and Transition Economies (DIE)
2017-03-17
This study by the Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) / German Development Institute highlights lessons learned regarding impacts, costs and acceptance of environmental tax reform
Fossil fuel subsidy and pricing policies : recent developing country experience (WBG Working Paper)
2016-02-23
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
A Citizen’s Guide to Energy Subsidies in Thailand (GSI)
2015-03-26
This guide gathers the best available information on the costs and benefits of energy subsidies in Thailand. The guide discusses the size of subsidies to
