Energy-economic-environment (EEE) interactions can be expected to play a crucial role in the development process. Energy is a critical resourced underpinning economic growth. Countries in SE Asia have reached different levels of economic welfare, and this is reflected in their energy use...

We examine the effect of giving respondents time to think about their stated choices (SC) in a survey of cholera and typhoid vaccine preferences in Hue, Vietnam. Because neither vaccine is widely available in Vietnam, we used the SC approach (a stated preference technique) and gave half of our...

This paper sketches out some of the research issues involved in analyzing environmental tax reform (ETR). It is a very informal paper, which takes the form of a table and several pages of explanatory notes. Its purpose is to provoke discussion about researchable issues that might be addressed by...

This paper proceeds as follows: in the next section we briefly review the experience with the implementation of economic instruments in both OECD countries and developing countries. The types of instruments considered are: pollution taxes/charges, product taxes/charges, deposit-refund schemes,...

This paper discusses how environmental considerations will affect tax policy in the decades ahead. It argues that in the future, interactions between tax and environmental policy are likely to go well beyond recent discussion of double dividend issues and internalization of environmental...

This manual has been prepared with support provided by the Economy and Environment Programme for South East Asia (EEPSEA) to enhance the capacity of researchers in carrying out practival applications of BCA using spreadsheet modeling and analysis. The framework and analyses presented are based...

The society has limited resources to meet several objectives such as economic growth, poverty alleviation and environmental protection. These objectives compete for resources and may conflict with each other. For example, economic growth may increase environmental degradation and environmental...

This paper deal in varying degrees the need to "price" environmental resources. They also address some of the issues identified in the SOE 2006. Specifically, this paper use economic analysis to examine issues surrounding climate changes, environmental degradation and depletion of natural resources.

Major rural policies in China before the reform include the state-monopolized procurement and marketing system (SMPMS), collectivization and grain self-sufficiency policy. All these three policies were shaped by heavy-industry-oriented development strategy, adopted in the early 1950s. SMPMS was...