The International Journal on Green Growth and Development Vol.2(2) July 2016 Print ISSN : 2349-1892 Online ISSN : 2393-9567 |
Green Fiscal Reform: A Brief Introduction |
Carlo Carraro: Scientific Director, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and Director, International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG). Email: carlo.carraro@feem.it Eshita Gupta: Assistant Professor at the Department of Policy Studies at TERI University, Email: eshita.gupta@teriuniversity.ac.in Joy Kim: Senior Economic Affairs Officer at the Division of Technology, Industry and Economics of the United Nations Environment Programme. Email: joy.kim@unep.org Ian Parry: Principal Environmental Fiscal Policy Expert Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Email: IParry@imf.org |
Abstract |
The essay begins with some general context for green fiscal reform from an environmental, fiscal, and recent policy perspective. Next the authors briefly take stock of the general rationale for, and appropriate design of, green fiscal instruments. Following that, the article briefly introduce the papers in this special issue. The essay finishes with some concluding thoughts. |
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