The general public views international trade in waste materials overwhelmingly with disfavour. Is this negative attitude justified? Professor Hackmann offers an allocative and an ethical assessment of this question.

This book grew out of the Global Issues seminars and is itself a testament to that two-way dialogue: the suggestion to compile the speakers' lecture notes into a book came from the students themselves. Both the seminars and this book reflect the Bank's conviction that the seemingly intractable...

This paper provides an overview of trade, environmental, and related public issues and policies. It discusses the pollution problem, the recent global warming trend, the attempts of world's various levels of institutions such as the UN, the WTO, regional, national, and other organizations to...

International trade is one of the key mechanisms for the diffusion of energy efficient technologies. Yet, little is known how regulations to fight climate change affect the international trade in goods needed to increase energy efficiency. This paper studies the case of the Energy Performance of...