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We estimate the potential synergy between pollution and climate control in the U.S. and China, summarizing the results … toward non-fossil technologies when large reductions are required. Under stringent pollution targets, the non-target effects … tend to be higher in China than in the U.S., due to China's heavy reliance on coal. This result suggests that China may …
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Fiscal instruments are potentially among the most effective, and cost-effective, options for addressing externalities related to poor air quality, urban road congestion, and greenhouse gases. This paper takes a case study, focused on Mauritius (a pioneer in the use of green taxes) to illustrate...
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China’s exceptional economic expansion has led to rising energy demand and pollution as well as other environmental … pressures. Strong efforts by the government have moderated emissions of some types of air and water pollution from high levels … other costs and reduce well-being. The 12th Five Year Plan aims at further reducing pollution and at other environmental …
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pollution are threatening China's sustainable future. The principal focus of this paper is to measure total factor productivity …China is an economic powerhouse with annual economic growth averaging close to 9% over the last 25 years. However, as a … within a joint-production model that considers both market and environmental pollution variables and employs unique province …
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pollution are threatening China's sustainable future. The principal focus of this paper is to measure total factor productivity …China is an economic powerhouse with annual economic growth averaging close to 9% over the last 25 years. However, as a … within a joint-production model that considers both market and environmental pollution variables and employs unique province …
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This paper integrates two lines of research into a unified conceptual framework: trade in global value chains and embodied emissions. This allows both value added and emissions to be systematically traced at the country, sector, and bilateral levels through various production network routes. By...
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This paper summarizes environmental considerations that the Bank should take into account in preparing its new country strategy with Bolivia (2011-2015). Some of these are already contemplated to a certain extent in the existing strategy. Following this introductory section, which briefly...
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This document has been prepared as an input to the Bank's Guyana Country Strategy (2012-2016). Its purpose is to identify key environmental issues in Guyana and provide recommendations for the Bank in terms of investments to anticipate risks related to sensitive sectors, programs, and projects...
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The Environment and Safeguards Group (ESG) of the IDB has examined how potential environmental and social risks of major Bank-supported road improvement investments in natural resource rich and socio-culturally diverse "frontier" regions have been identified and addressed in various parts of...
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