Supporting Carbon Tax Implementation in Developing Countries through Results-Based Payments for Emissions Reductions (English)

This paper discusses compensation mechanisms to strengthen incentives for lower-income countries to adopt carbon taxes through donor-funded support programs. The paper considers two cases: the provision of climate finance when the host country uses the additional mitigation to meet its own greenhouse gas mitigation target (the "incremental cost price"); and a transaction in an international carbon market with the mitigation credit created by host...

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Strand,Jon;
Document Date
2020/10/19
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS9443
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2020/10/19
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Disclosed
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Supporting Carbon Tax Implementation in Developing Countries through Results-Based Payments for Emissions Reductions
Keywords
carbon tax

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Strand,Jon.

Supporting Carbon Tax Implementation in Developing Countries through Results-Based Payments for Emissions Reductions (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9443 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/352481603127763989

Supporting Carbon Tax Implementation in Developing Countries through Results-Based Payments for Emissions Reductions (English)

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