Leapfrogging Technology : Cost-Effective Solution for Pollution in Developing Countries?

Leapfrogging Technology : Cost-Effective Solution for Pollution in Developing Countries?

The pace of technological advance in the past few decades has opened new possibilities. Consider the technology for controlling emissions from cars, buses, and trucks. Government regulations have driven this technology as much as the technology has...

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Main Author: Kojima, Masami
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ADVANCED FUELS
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT
AUTOMOTIVE DIESEL
CLEANER FUELS
COSTS OF COMPLIANCE
DIESEL
DIESEL ENGINES
ELECTRICITY
EMISSION CONTROL DEVICES
EMISSION CONTROLS
EMISSION LEVELS
EMISSION STANDARDS
EMISSIONS
ENGINES
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
EXTERNALITIES
FUEL
FUEL QUALITY
FUEL SPECIFICATIONS
FUELS
GASOLINE
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
IRON
LEAD EMISSIONS
LEAD IN GASOLINE
NATURAL GAS
OCTANE
OCTANE ENHANCER
POLLUTION
PRICE SUBSIDIES
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
QUOTAS
REDUCING EMISSIONS
REFINERIES
RESTRICTIONS
SANITATION
SULFUR
TRANSPORT FUEL
URBAN AIR POLLUTION
VEHICLE
VEHICLE EMISSION
VEHICLE EMISSION CONTROL
VEHICLE EMISSION STANDARDS
VEHICLES
VEHICULAR EMISSIONS
VIABLE TECHNOLOGY
ZERO EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGY
EMISSIONS TO AIR
MORTALITY
PRIVATE SECTOR
GOVERNMENT BUDGETS
STANDARDS FOR EMISSIONS
POLICY INTERVENTIONS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2458431/leapfrogging-technology
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11323

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2458431/leapfrogging-technology
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11323

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