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drives international trade in environmental goods. Many of the measures governments adopt to address issues such as local air … pollution, with important implications for international trade in such equipment. The different indicators of regulatory …-waste management or wastewater treatment. While increased trade in environmental products is not an end in itself, the environmental …
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goods. It forms part of a series of OECD studies that analyse various issues related to Paragraph 31(iii) of the World Trade …This paper examines the synergistic relationships between trade in environmental services and trade in environmental … that the potential benefits to simultaneously liberalising trade in environmental services and in environmental goods are …
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to draw attention to key trade, environment and development policy linkages. It also seeks to contribute to the exchange … of expertise and experience in the area of trade and environment so that liberalisation of trade in EG&S can benefit all …
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for case studies owing to their potential trade, environmental and developmental benefits: sisal and other fibres of the …
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Reflecting the desire for cleaner air, many developing countries have enacted clean air laws similar to those of developed nations, although to date most of these laws have been poorly enforced. A key starting point to better enforcement is obtaining comprehensive and reliable air-quality...
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One of the key challenges to ensuring adequate supplies of fresh water and sanitary wastewater systems is to build the capacity of various stakeholders to manage and deliver water and sanitation services. One element of such capacity building is technological and includes the wide deployment of...
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Numerous studies and events over the past several years have stressed the importance of eliminating barriers to trade … dependence on more-polluting and less secure energy sources. This paper examines the implications of liberalising trade in … increased trade in renewable-energy technologies and components, but so would a growing number of companies based in developing …
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This paper, the second in a series, examines the implications of liberalising trade in three forms of renewable energy … in OECD countries would benefit from increased trade in equipment, but so would a growing number of companies based in … countries. For the maximum benefits of trade liberalisation in biodiesel, and solar-thermal and geothermal technologies, to be …
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