Environmental fiscal reform for poverty reduction

This DAC Reference Paper outlines key issues faced when designing Environmental Fiscal Reform (EFR). EFR refers to a range of taxation and pricing measures which can raise fiscal revenues while furthering environmental goals. The objective is to provide insights and "good practice" on how...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Paris : OECD, 2005
Series:DAC guidelines and reference series
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Executive summary
  • Busy readers' guide to this publication
  • Pt.1. The political economy of environmental fiscal reform (EFR): overview of key issues: 1. Environmental fiscal reforms and poverty reduction
  • 2. The instruments of EFR
  • 3. Designing reforms - the politics of making trade-offs. From policy formulation to actual implementation
  • 4. Conclusions and recommendations for donors
  • Pt. 2. Environmental fiscal reforms: political challenges and opportunities in selected sectors: 5. EFR in the commercial-scale forestry sector
  • 6. EFR in the commercial fisheries sector
  • 7. EFR in the fossil fuel sector
  • 8. EFR in the electricity sector
  • 9. Drinking water
  • 10. Fiscal measures for industrial pollution control
  • References
  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • List of boxes.