Subsidy reform and sustainable development
Subtitle: political economy aspects.
Contributors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Series: OECD sustainable development studies
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Paris, France
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9789264019362
Subjects: Subsidies -- Congresses; Sustainable development -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Unsustainable subsidies are pervasive in the industry, agriculture, transport and energy sectors of most OECD countries. They are expensive for governments and can have harmful environmental and social effects. Eliminating these supports requires comprehensive approaches which are supported by top political leadership, transparent in their potential effects on all parties, consistent over the long-term, and often accompanied by transition supports. This volume uses sectoral case studies to illustrate that achieving change in structural policies such as subsidies depends largely on good governance practices.
Notes: "... contains the proceedings of an OECD workshop on Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development: Political Economy Aspects held in Helsinki, Finland on 20-21 June 2006"--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Preface / Kiyo Akasaka; title: Chair's summary / Lori Ridgeway; title: Discussant remarks / Blair Comley; title: PART I. Enabling Subsidy reform through addressing economic, environmental and social impacts. Ch. 1. A sustainable development framework for assessing the benefits of subsidy reform / Stephan Barg, Aaron Cosbey and Ronald Steenblik ; Ch. 2. Easing subsidy reform for producers, consumers and communities / Anthony Cox; title: PART II. Case Studies of subsidy reform and sustainable development. Ch. 3. Agriculture / Janet Dwyer ; Ch. 4. Energy / Doug Koplow ; Ch. 5. Fisheries / James Brown ; Ch. 6. Forestry / Pentti Lähteenoja.