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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 |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
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 | |
relation.isSeriesOfPublication | 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87 |
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