Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development, Political Economy Aspect: Political Economy Aspects

Unsustainable subsidies are pervasive in the industry, agriculture, transport and energy sectors of most OECD countries. They are expensive for governments and can have harmful environmental and social effects. Eliminating these supports requires comprehensive approaches which are supported by top political leadership, transparent in their potential effects on all parties, consistent over the long-term, and often accompanied by transition supports. This volume uses sectoral case studies to illustrate that achieving change in structural policies such as subsidies depends largely on good governance practices.Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Staff is the author of 'Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development, Political Economy Aspect: Political Economy Aspects', published 2007 under ISBN 9789264019362 and ISBN 9264019367.