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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okr-10986-113232021-04-23T14:02:55Z Leapfrogging Technology : Cost-Effective Solution for Pollution in Developing Countries? Kojima, Masami 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 AIR POLLUTION EMISSIONS TO AIR MORTALITY PRIVATE SECTOR GOVERNMENT BUDGETS STANDARDS FOR EMISSIONS POLICY INTERVENTIONS NATURAL GAS SULFUR 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 driven regulations, resulting in vehicle emission standards in industrial countries that have become increasingly stringent-far more so than those in developing countries. These standards are deemed necessary to adequately protect the public, especially from excess mortality and morbidity caused by air pollution. But air pollution is much more serious in many developing country cities. Doesn't this argue for imposing standards just as stringent, since the technologies to achieve them are now available? Moreover, since the private sector bears the cost of adopting these technologies, there should be little direct impact on the government budget, removing one of the potential obstacles to implementation. 2012-08-13T14:45:31Z 2012-08-13T14:45:31Z 2003-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2458431/leapfrogging-technology Viewpoint. -- Note no. 254 (February 2003) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11323 English Viewpoint CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research |
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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 AIR POLLUTION EMISSIONS TO AIR MORTALITY PRIVATE SECTOR GOVERNMENT BUDGETS STANDARDS FOR EMISSIONS POLICY INTERVENTIONS NATURAL GAS SULFUR |
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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 AIR POLLUTION EMISSIONS TO AIR MORTALITY PRIVATE SECTOR GOVERNMENT BUDGETS STANDARDS FOR EMISSIONS POLICY INTERVENTIONS NATURAL GAS SULFUR Kojima, Masami Leapfrogging Technology : Cost-Effective Solution for Pollution in Developing Countries? |
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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 driven regulations, resulting
in vehicle emission standards in industrial countries that
have become increasingly stringent-far more so than those in
developing countries. These standards are deemed necessary
to adequately protect the public, especially from excess
mortality and morbidity caused by air pollution. But air
pollution is much more serious in many developing country
cities. Doesn't this argue for imposing standards just
as stringent, since the technologies to achieve them are now
available? Moreover, since the private sector bears the cost
of adopting these technologies, there should be little
direct impact on the government budget, removing one of the
potential obstacles to implementation. |
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Kojima, Masami |
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Kojima, Masami |
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Kojima, Masami |
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Leapfrogging Technology : Cost-Effective Solution for Pollution in Developing Countries? |
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Leapfrogging Technology : Cost-Effective Solution for Pollution in Developing Countries? |
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Leapfrogging Technology : Cost-Effective Solution for Pollution in Developing Countries? |
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Leapfrogging Technology : Cost-Effective Solution for Pollution in Developing Countries? |
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Leapfrogging Technology : Cost-Effective Solution for Pollution in Developing Countries? |
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leapfrogging technology : cost-effective solution for pollution in developing countries? |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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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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