Taxing choices for managing natural resources, the environment, and global climate change : fiscal systems reform perspectives / Anwar Shah, editor.
Contributor(s): Shah, Anwar [editor.]
Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023Description: xix, 421 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783031226052Subject(s): Environmental impact charges | Natural resources -- Taxation | Environmental management | Climatic changes | Fiscal policy -- Environmental aspectsDDC classification: 336.2783337 Summary: "This resource reviews taxing choices to protect the local and global environment and preserve and sustain natural resources. Alternative economic instruments such as carbon taxes and tradable permits to combat global climate change are also examined. Strategies and practices for the managing and sharing of revenues from natural resources are highlighted. Also, roles of various orders of government in managing, taxing, and sharing natural resources in selected countries are documented to highlight the impact of such division of responsibilities in preserving natural resources and the environment. The susceptibility of resource revenue dependent economies to corruption and malfeasance, and the Dutch disease, is also highlighted. This book could serve as a supplementary reference book for graduate and undergraduate courses and as a sourcebook for journalists, researchers, policymakers, and government practitioners."-- Taken from back cover.
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 336.2783337 TAX (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 022381 |
"This resource reviews taxing choices to protect the local and global environment and preserve and sustain natural resources. Alternative economic instruments such as carbon taxes and tradable permits to combat global climate change are also examined. Strategies and practices for the managing and sharing of revenues from natural resources are highlighted. Also, roles of various orders of government in managing, taxing, and sharing natural resources in selected countries are documented to highlight the impact of such division of responsibilities in preserving natural resources and the environment. The susceptibility of resource revenue dependent economies to corruption and malfeasance, and the Dutch disease, is also highlighted. This book could serve as a supplementary reference book for graduate and undergraduate courses and as a sourcebook for journalists, researchers, policymakers, and government practitioners."-- Taken from back cover.