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The Growth of Transport Sector CO2 Emissions and Underlying Factors in Latin America and the Caribbean

dc.contributor.author Timilsina, Govinda R.
dc.contributor.author Shrestha, Ashish
dc.date.accessioned 2012-06-04T14:35:02Z
dc.date.available 2012-06-04T14:35:02Z
dc.date.issued 2008-09
dc.description.abstract This study examines the factors responsible for the growth of transport sector carbon dioxide emissions in 20 Latin American and Caribbean countries during 1980-2005 by decomposing the emissions growth into components associated with changes in fuel mix, modal shift, and economic growth, as well as changes in emission coefficients and transportation energy intensity. The key finding of the study is that economic growth and the changes in transportation energy intensity are the main factors driving transport sector carbon dioxide emissions growth in the countries considered. The results imply that fiscal policy instruments - such as subsidies to clean fuels and clean vehicles - would be more effective in reducing emissions in countries where the economic activity effect is the primary driver for transport sector carbon dioxide emissions growth. By contrast, regulatory policy instruments - such as vehicle efficiency standards and vehicle occupancy standards - would be more effective in countries where the transportation energy intensity effect is the main driver of carbon dioxide emissions growth. Both fiscal and regulatory policy instruments would be useful in countries where both economic activity and transportation energy intensity effects are responsible for driving transport sector carbon dioxide emissions growth. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/9892230/growth-transport-cector-co2-emissions-underlying-factors-latin-america-caribbean
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6963
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper No. 4734
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject AIR
dc.subject AIR POLLUTION
dc.subject APPROACH
dc.subject AVIATION FUEL
dc.subject AVIATION GASOLINE
dc.subject BIOMASS
dc.subject BIOMASS POWER
dc.subject BIOMASS POWER GENERATION
dc.subject BUS
dc.subject CAR
dc.subject CAR TRAVEL
dc.subject CARBON
dc.subject CARBON CONTENT
dc.subject CARBON DIOXIDE
dc.subject CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION
dc.subject CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
dc.subject CARBON EMISSION
dc.subject CARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subject CARBON INTENSITY
dc.subject CLEAN ENERGY
dc.subject CLEAN FUELS
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION POLICIES
dc.subject CO2
dc.subject CO2 EMISSIONS
dc.subject COAL
dc.subject COMBUSTION
dc.subject CONGESTION CHARGES
dc.subject CONGESTION REDUCTION
dc.subject CONSUMER OF ENERGY
dc.subject CONSUMPTION OF FUEL
dc.subject DIESEL
dc.subject DIESEL ENGINES
dc.subject DIESEL OIL
dc.subject DOMESTIC AIR TRANSPORT
dc.subject DOMESTIC AVIATION
dc.subject DRIVERS
dc.subject DRIVING
dc.subject ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS
dc.subject EI
dc.subject ELECTRICITY
dc.subject ELECTRICITY GENERATION
dc.subject ELECTRICITY GENERATION MIX
dc.subject ELECTRICITY GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
dc.subject ELECTRICITY SECTOR
dc.subject EMISSION
dc.subject EMISSION CHANGES
dc.subject EMISSION COEFFICIENTS
dc.subject EMISSION FACTORS
dc.subject EMISSION INTENSITIES
dc.subject EMISSION INTENSITY
dc.subject EMISSIONS
dc.subject EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORT
dc.subject EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subject ENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subject ENERGY CONVERSION
dc.subject ENERGY ECONOMICS
dc.subject ENERGY EFFICIENCY
dc.subject ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
dc.subject ENERGY INTENSITY
dc.subject ENERGY OUTLOOK
dc.subject ENERGY POLICY
dc.subject ENERGY SOURCES
dc.subject ENERGY USE
dc.subject ETHANOL
dc.subject FOSSIL
dc.subject FOSSIL FUEL
dc.subject FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION
dc.subject FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION
dc.subject FREIGHT
dc.subject FUEL
dc.subject FUEL COMBUSTION
dc.subject FUEL CONSUMPTION
dc.subject FUEL ECONOMY
dc.subject FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS
dc.subject FUEL EFFICIENCY
dc.subject FUEL MIX
dc.subject FUEL OIL
dc.subject FUEL PRICES
dc.subject FUEL SWITCHING
dc.subject FUEL TYPE
dc.subject FUEL USE
dc.subject GAS PIPELINE
dc.subject GASES
dc.subject GASIFICATION
dc.subject GASOLINE
dc.subject GASOLINE PRICE
dc.subject GASOLINE PRICES
dc.subject GREENHOUSE
dc.subject GREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subject GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject HIGHWAY
dc.subject HYDROPOWER
dc.subject INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
dc.subject INLAND WATERWAYS
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL AVIATION
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
dc.subject KEROSENE
dc.subject LATIN AMERICAN
dc.subject LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
dc.subject LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES
dc.subject MEMBER STATES
dc.subject MODAL SHIFT
dc.subject MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject MODES OF TRANSPORT
dc.subject MOTOR CARRIERS
dc.subject MOTOR GASOLINE
dc.subject NATIONAL ENERGY
dc.subject NATURAL GAS
dc.subject NOX
dc.subject OIL AND GAS
dc.subject OIL COMPANY
dc.subject PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
dc.subject PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY
dc.subject PETROLEUM
dc.subject PETROLEUM GAS
dc.subject PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
dc.subject PETROLEUM REFINING
dc.subject PIPELINE
dc.subject PIPELINE TRANSPORT
dc.subject POLLUTION
dc.subject POWER
dc.subject POWER CONSUMPTION
dc.subject POWER GENERATION
dc.subject POWER INDUSTRY
dc.subject POWER SECTOR
dc.subject POWER SECTORS
dc.subject PRICE OF DIESEL
dc.subject PRICE OF GASOLINE
dc.subject PRIMARY SOURCES
dc.subject PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject RAIL
dc.subject RAIL TRANSPORT
dc.subject RESIDUAL FUEL
dc.subject RESIDUAL FUEL OIL
dc.subject ROAD
dc.subject ROAD MAINTENANCE
dc.subject ROAD TRANSPORT
dc.subject SOURCE OF FUEL
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
dc.subject TRAFFIC
dc.subject TRAFFIC CONGESTION
dc.subject TRANSPORT
dc.subject TRANSPORT MODE
dc.subject TRANSPORT MODES
dc.subject TRANSPORT SECTOR
dc.subject TRANSPORT SECTOR EMISSIONS
dc.subject TRANSPORT SERVICE
dc.subject TRANSPORT SERVICES
dc.subject TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject TRANSPORTATION COSTS
dc.subject TRANSPORTATION FUELS
dc.subject TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
dc.subject TRANSPORTATION SERVICE
dc.subject TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
dc.subject TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
dc.subject URBAN CENTERS
dc.subject UTILIZATION OF ELECTRICITY
dc.subject VEHICLE
dc.subject VEHICLE EFFICIENCY
dc.subject VEHICLE FUEL
dc.subject VEHICLE OCCUPANCY
dc.subject VEHICLE OWNERSHIP
dc.subject VEHICLES
dc.title The Growth of Transport Sector CO2 Emissions and Underlying Factors in Latin America and the Caribbean en
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Jobs
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/9892230/growth-transport-cector-co2-emissions-underlying-factors-latin-america-caribbean
okr.globalpractice Transport and ICT
okr.globalpractice Environment and Natural Resources
okr.globalpractice Energy and Extractives
okr.globalpractice Trade and Competitiveness
okr.globalpractice Energy and Extractives
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-4734
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000158349_20080929114913
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 9892230
okr.identifier.report WPS4734
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2008/09/29/000158349_20080929114913/Rendered/PDF/WPS4734.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Latin America & Caribbean
okr.sector Energy and mining :: General energy sector
okr.theme Environment and natural resources management :: Climate change
okr.theme Environment and natural resource management
okr.topic Energy :: Energy and Environment
okr.topic Transport Economics Policy and Planning
okr.topic Oil Refining and Gas Industry
okr.topic Energy :: Energy Production and Transportation
okr.topic Environment :: Environment and Energy Efficiency
okr.topic Industry
okr.topic Transport
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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