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Fossil fuel subsidies are of enormous import to policy-makers and public opinion, making it critical to properly define them. However, traditional methodologies tend to place subsidies in the realm of tax expenditure analysis, presenting a flawed picture. A recent report on government subsidies...
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comprehensive energy agreement in the WTO, and the creation of a system of subsidy management and exemption delegated to an expert …
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President Bush declared America “addicted to oil” in his fifth State of the Union address, uttering what is now a common refrain used to urge the development of alternative fuel sources. Before progress can be made to modernize the U.S. fuel mix, though, it is important to consider how and...
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. The G-20 leaders agreed to submit their subsidy reform strategies to peer review and to independent expert review …
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energy support programs has raised concerns that the multilateral subsidy rules may stand in the way of global efforts to … tend to help accelerate the transition, fossil fuel subsidies do exactly the opposite. If the multilateral subsidy rules …
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total of six cases have been initiated against renewable energy subsidy programs since the first of such disputes was …
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development priorities, livelihood concerns and need for food and energy security. Agreeing upon subsidy reform is a complex … subsidy reform by affected stakeholders, including representatives from international organisations and civil society. It also … proposals for reform within the World Trade Organization and regional trade agreements, including the new disciplines on …
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the likely distribution of gains and losses. The impacts of subsidy reform are transmitted to households through changes … identify direct and indirect impacts of subsidy reform on real household incomes. Our results, illustrated with data from Viet …Fossil fuel subsidies are widespread in developing countries, where reform efforts are often derailed by disputes over …
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