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IMF and the Environment »
Series: Other Statistical Electronic Products
Author(s): Ved Gandhi
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 July 1998
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557757371.038
ISBN: 9781557757371
Keywords: environment, environmental issues, environmental degradation, environmental problems, environmental policies
In recent years, observers have called on the IMF to pay closer attention to certain issues that do not fall directly within its mandate, such as the environment. This booklet reviews IMF's approach to environmenta...
Macroeconomics and the Environment »
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 14 June 1996
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557755360.071
ISBN: 9781557755360
Keywords: environment, environmental policies, environmental degradation, natural resources, national accounts
Microeconomic policies, dealing with individual industries and economic sectors, have traditionally addressed environmental concerns, but increasingly the environment is being viewed in terms of the macro economy....
Environmental Protectionism, North-South Trade, and the Uruguay Round1/ »
Source: Environmental Protectionism, North-South Trade, and the Uruguay Round
Volume/Issue: 1995/6
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Piritta Sorsa
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1995
ISBN: 9781451929041
Keywords: environment, environmental standards, environmental agreements, environmental problems, environmental taxes
The paper seeks to provide an overview of the present state of debate on trade, environment and the GATT for developing countries. Potential for green protectionism and relevant GATT rules are discussed in three ar...
Public Expenditure Policy and the Environment »
Source: Public Expenditure Policy and the Environment : A Review and Synthesis
Volume/Issue: 1993/27
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Kenneth M. Miranda , Ian Parry , and Sanjeev Gupta
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 1993
ISBN: 9781451844443
Keywords: subsidy, environmental degradation, environmental policy
Commonly cited environmental instruments in the legal, regulatory, and fiscal domains are intended primarily to address market failures to ensure that environmental degradation and resource use is contained to appr...
Global Monitoring Report, 2008 : MDGs and the Environment: Agenda for Inclusive and Sustainable Development »
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 April 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9780821373842.019
ISBN: 9780821373842
Keywords: environment, climate change, environmental sustainability, health care, malnutrition
Global Monitoring Report 2008, the fifth in an annual series, is essential reading for those who wish to follow the global development agenda and debate in 2008. The year marks the midpoint toward the 2015 deadline...
Using the right environmental indicators: Tracking progress, raising awareness and supporting analysis : Nordic perspectives on indicators, statistics and accounts for managing the environment and the pressures from economic activities »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Julie L. Hass , and Viveka Palm
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2012
ISBN: 9789289323710
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Indicators, Monitoring Policy, Environmental Policy, Environmental-economic Accounting, Nordic Statistical Institutes, National Statistical Agencies
Finding and using indicators that are most suited for tracking progress, raising awareness and supporting analysis is a challenge. Indicators need to be used in appropriate contexts and should ideally be fit-for-pu...
The Environment and Public Procurement : Common Nordic Procurement Criteria? »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2007
ISBN: 9789289314459
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Public Procurement, Environmental Considerations, Common Nordic Procurement Criteria, Economy and national budget, National Auspices, Nordic Environmental Labelling Scheme
In order to assist public procurement in facing up to environmental considerations, criteria have been developed in the Nordic countries over the last 15 years for a number of product groups both under national aus...
Public Policy and the Enviroment »
Source: Public Policy and the Enviroment : Survey of the Literature
Volume/Issue: 1990/56
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 1990
ISBN: 9781451968057
Keywords: environmental degradation, pollution, environment, environmental protection, environmental problems
This paper notes that market failure, policy failures, and population pressures are major sources of environmental degradation and that linkages between economic activities and the environment exist at the levels o...
Analysis, Fate and Toxicity of Zinc- and Copper Pyrithione in the Marine Environment »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Ingela Dahllöf , Dorthe Groth Petersen , Katja Grunnet , Rune Haller , Morten Hjorth , and Kristine Maraldo
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2005
ISBN: 9789289311830
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Environmental Fate, Biocide, Anti-fouling Paints, Benthic Community, Pelagic Community, Marine Environment
Environmental fate and effect of ZPT, a booster biocide in anti-fouling paints for boats has been studied. Using a new analytical method for simultaneous determination of zinc- and copper pyrithione (ZPT/CPT) showe...
Development Finance and the Environment »
Source: Finance & Development, September 1970
Volume/Issue: 7/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 1970
ISBN: 9781616353001
Keywords: human environment, environment, environmental problem, environmental impact
This paper analyzes the impact of economic development on the environment. The paper highlights that the environmental impact of the industrial process includes everything from the effects of withdrawing the inputs...