Environmentally harmful subsidies : policy issues and challenges ; [proceedings of the OECD Workshop on Environmentally Harmful Subsidies, 7 - 8 November 2002]

The reform of environmentally harmful subsides is a high priority for OECD countries. But is there agreement on a common definition of subsidies and on methods to measure them? Are enough reliable data and methods available to identify, measure and analyse environmentally harmful subsidies? These questions were addressed at an OECD workshop held in November 2002. For the first time, experts from a variety of backgrounds (government, academics, researchers and representatives of international organisations and civil society) had the opportunity to take stock of and share technical knowledge of subsidies and their environmental impacts.