Timilsina, Govinda R.Shrestha, Ashish2012-06-042012-06-042008-09https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6963This 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.CC BY 3.0 IGOAIRAIR POLLUTIONAPPROACHAVIATION FUELAVIATION GASOLINEBIOMASSBIOMASS POWERBIOMASS POWER GENERATIONBUSCARCAR TRAVELCARBONCARBON CONTENTCARBON DIOXIDECARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONCARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONSCARBON EMISSIONCARBON EMISSIONSCARBON INTENSITYCLEAN ENERGYCLEAN FUELSCLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION POLICIESCO2CO2 EMISSIONSCOALCOMBUSTIONCONGESTION CHARGESCONGESTION REDUCTIONCONSUMER OF ENERGYCONSUMPTION OF FUELDIESELDIESEL ENGINESDIESEL OILDOMESTIC AIR TRANSPORTDOMESTIC AVIATIONDRIVERSDRIVINGECOLOGICAL ECONOMICSEFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTSEIELECTRICITYELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY GENERATION MIXELECTRICITY GENERATION TECHNOLOGIESELECTRICITY PRODUCTIONELECTRICITY SECTOREMISSIONEMISSION CHANGESEMISSION COEFFICIENTSEMISSION FACTORSEMISSION INTENSITIESEMISSION INTENSITYEMISSIONSEMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTEMPIRICAL ANALYSISENERGY CONSUMPTIONENERGY CONVERSIONENERGY ECONOMICSENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATIONENERGY INTENSITYENERGY OUTLOOKENERGY POLICYENERGY SOURCESENERGY USEETHANOLFOSSILFOSSIL FUELFOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTIONFOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTIONFREIGHTFUELFUEL COMBUSTIONFUEL CONSUMPTIONFUEL ECONOMYFUEL ECONOMY STANDARDSFUEL EFFICIENCYFUEL MIXFUEL OILFUEL PRICESFUEL SWITCHINGFUEL TYPEFUEL USEGAS PIPELINEGASESGASIFICATIONGASOLINEGASOLINE PRICEGASOLINE PRICESGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHIGHWAYHYDROPOWERINDUSTRIAL SECTORINLAND WATERWAYSINTERNATIONAL AVIATIONINTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONSINTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCYKEROSENELATIN AMERICANLIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASLIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASESMEMBER STATESMODAL SHIFTMODE OF TRANSPORTATIONMODES OF TRANSPORTMOTOR CARRIERSMOTOR GASOLINENATIONAL ENERGYNATURAL GASNOXOIL AND GASOIL COMPANYPETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIESPETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRYPETROLEUMPETROLEUM GASPETROLEUM PRODUCTSPETROLEUM REFININGPIPELINEPIPELINE TRANSPORTPOLLUTIONPOWERPOWER CONSUMPTIONPOWER GENERATIONPOWER INDUSTRYPOWER SECTORPOWER SECTORSPRICE OF DIESELPRICE OF GASOLINEPRIMARY SOURCESPUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONRAILRAIL TRANSPORTRESIDUAL FUELRESIDUAL FUEL OILROADROAD MAINTENANCEROAD TRANSPORTSOURCE OF FUELSUSTAINABLE ENERGYTRAFFICTRAFFIC CONGESTIONTRANSPORTTRANSPORT MODETRANSPORT MODESTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORT SECTOR EMISSIONSTRANSPORT SERVICETRANSPORT SERVICESTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION COSTSTRANSPORTATION FUELSTRANSPORTATION RESEARCHTRANSPORTATION SERVICETRANSPORTATION SERVICESTRINIDAD AND TOBAGOURBAN CENTERSUTILIZATION OF ELECTRICITYVEHICLEVEHICLE EFFICIENCYVEHICLE FUELVEHICLE OCCUPANCYVEHICLE OWNERSHIPVEHICLESWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4734