Rapid global economic growth, centred in Asia but now spread across the world, is driving rapid greenhouse-gas emissions growth, making earlier projections unrealistic. This paper develops new, illustrative business-as-usual projections for carbon dioxide (CO) from fossil fuels and other sources...

This article discusses equity, efficiency, and simplicity and transparency issues posed by Australia's system of Commonwealth grants to the States, a system which applies a very strong form of "horizontal fiscal equalisation"