Environmental Perspective of Russia's Accession to the World Trade Organization
Russia's exports, imports, and ability to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) continue to grow. In December 2011, after eighteen years of negotiations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) invited Russia to join WTO on the basis of the negot...
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ABATEMENT COSTS ACID ACID RAIN ACIDIFICATION AIR AIR EMISSIONS AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ANNUAL EMISSIONS ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATES AUDITS BASE YEAR BENCHMARKING BILATERAL TRADE CANCER CAPITAL FORMATION CARBON CARBON CAPTURE CARBON CONTENT CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON MONOXIDE CHEMICALS CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO CO2 COAL COLORS COMBUSTION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVENESS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS CONSUMER SURPLUS CONSUMPTION PATTERNS COST ANALYSIS COST SAVINGS CRU CRUDE OIL DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMISSION EMISSION ABATEMENT EMISSION CONTROL EMISSION INTENSITY EMISSION LEVELS EMISSION LIMIT EMISSION PRICING EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION TARGET EMISSION TAXES EMISSION TRADING EMISSIONS FROM FUEL EMISSIONS LEVELS EMISSIONS REDUCTION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES ENERGY MIX ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ENVIRONMENTS EQUILIBRIUM EQUIVALENT VARIATION EUTROPHICATION EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURES EXPORTS FERROUS METALS FERTILIZERS FORESTRY FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FREE TRADE FUEL SUBSTITUTION FUEL SWITCHING FUEL USE GAS GAS PRODUCTION GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSES GENERATION CAPACITY GHG GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES GREENHOUSE GASSES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HAZARDOUS WASTE HYDROCARBONS HYDROMETEOROLOGY IMPERFECT COMPETITION INCINERATION INCOME INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INDIRECT EMISSIONS FROM ELECTRICITY INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION INEFFICIENCY INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL TRADE IRON LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LOWERING TRADE BARRIERS |
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ABATEMENT COSTS ACID ACID RAIN ACIDIFICATION AIR AIR EMISSIONS AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ANNUAL EMISSIONS ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATES AUDITS BASE YEAR BENCHMARKING BILATERAL TRADE CANCER CAPITAL FORMATION CARBON CARBON CAPTURE CARBON CONTENT CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON MONOXIDE CHEMICALS CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO CO2 COAL COLORS COMBUSTION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVENESS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS CONSUMER SURPLUS CONSUMPTION PATTERNS COST ANALYSIS COST SAVINGS CRU CRUDE OIL DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMISSION EMISSION ABATEMENT EMISSION CONTROL EMISSION INTENSITY EMISSION LEVELS EMISSION LIMIT EMISSION PRICING EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION TARGET EMISSION TAXES EMISSION TRADING EMISSIONS FROM FUEL EMISSIONS LEVELS EMISSIONS REDUCTION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES ENERGY MIX ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ENVIRONMENTS EQUILIBRIUM EQUIVALENT VARIATION EUTROPHICATION EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURES EXPORTS FERROUS METALS FERTILIZERS FORESTRY FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FREE TRADE FUEL SUBSTITUTION FUEL SWITCHING FUEL USE GAS GAS PRODUCTION GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSES GENERATION CAPACITY GHG GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES GREENHOUSE GASSES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HAZARDOUS WASTE HYDROCARBONS HYDROMETEOROLOGY IMPERFECT COMPETITION INCINERATION INCOME INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INDIRECT EMISSIONS FROM ELECTRICITY INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION INEFFICIENCY INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL TRADE IRON LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LOWERING TRADE BARRIERS World Bank Environmental Perspective of Russia's Accession to the World Trade Organization |
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Russia's exports, imports, and
ability to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) continue
to grow. In December 2011, after eighteen years of
negotiations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) invited
Russia to join WTO on the basis of the negotiated protocol
of Russian accession. Russia ratified the agreement in July
2012. As part of its accession to the WTO, Russia agreed to
a series of important commitments to further open its trade
and foreign investment regimes. Russia will apply
international standards on sanitary measures and technical
barriers to trade. Policies which promote energy efficiency,
technology innovation, clean production in supply chains,
and addressing climate change are receiving increasing
attention in Russian society, and nowadays, shape the
economic modernization agenda of the Russian political
leadership. This report is designed to provide senior
Russian policy makers with recommendations on certain areas
where national environmental protection policies can be
complemented by the benefits of trade liberalization.
Industrial leaders may also benefit from many of the
report's conclusions and recommendation. The report has
several objectives. The first is to draw attention to the
local impacts of air pollution impacting human health which
has been previously estimated to be between 12 and 17
percent of all-cause mortality in Russia and costing the
economy upwards of 14 billion dollars annually. Correcting
for this "external cost" to society is not trivial
and has serious implications for sector reform. The second
objective is about reducing global warming, and in
particular carbon dioxide (CO2). Russia's commitments
to reducing greenhouse gas emissions have adjustment costs
to the economy and the modeling undertaken in this report
provides some relative magnitude. The third objective is
related to the technological modernization that needs to
take place in order to realize cost reductions (efficiency
improvements) and what the associated environmental benefits
will be. Finally, the report also demonstrates how the
Government can reduce the marginal cost of funds from
Russia's tax system. What this means is that money is
currently being spent (tax Rubles) in an inefficient manner
- either through large subsidies or funding inefficient
production and consumption. The model investigates the
impacts of trade liberalization through three impacts: the
change in production output (the scale effect), sector mix
(the composition effect), and productivity (the technique
effect). The model highlights several areas where benefits
can lead to better protection of the environment, and where
liberalization measures can significantly enhance the
effectiveness of national policies to address key
environmental challenges. This report discusses
Russia's accession to WTO from this perspective. |
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Environmental Perspective of Russia's Accession to the World Trade Organization |
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Environmental Perspective of Russia's Accession to the World Trade Organization |
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Environmental Perspective of Russia's Accession to the World Trade Organization |
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Environmental Perspective of Russia's Accession to the World Trade Organization |
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Environmental Perspective of Russia's Accession to the World Trade Organization |
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environmental perspective of russia's accession to the world trade organization |
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Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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okr-10986-177992021-04-23T14:03:40Z Environmental Perspective of Russia's Accession to the World Trade Organization World Bank ABATEMENT COSTS ACID ACID RAIN ACIDIFICATION AIR AIR EMISSIONS AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ANNUAL EMISSIONS ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATES AUDITS BASE YEAR BENCHMARKING BILATERAL TRADE CANCER CAPITAL FORMATION CARBON CARBON CAPTURE CARBON CONTENT CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON MONOXIDE CHEMICALS CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO CO2 COAL COLORS COMBUSTION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVENESS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS CONSUMER SURPLUS CONSUMPTION PATTERNS COST ANALYSIS COST SAVINGS CRU CRUDE OIL DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMISSION EMISSION ABATEMENT EMISSION CONTROL EMISSION INTENSITY EMISSION LEVELS EMISSION LIMIT EMISSION PRICING EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION TARGET EMISSION TAXES EMISSION TRADING EMISSIONS FROM FUEL EMISSIONS LEVELS EMISSIONS REDUCTION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES ENERGY MIX ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ENVIRONMENTS EQUILIBRIUM EQUIVALENT VARIATION EUTROPHICATION EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURES EXPORTS FERROUS METALS FERTILIZERS FORESTRY FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FREE TRADE FUEL SUBSTITUTION FUEL SWITCHING FUEL USE GAS GAS PRODUCTION GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSES GENERATION CAPACITY GHG GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES GREENHOUSE GASSES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HAZARDOUS WASTE HYDROCARBONS HYDROMETEOROLOGY IMPERFECT COMPETITION INCINERATION INCOME INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INDIRECT EMISSIONS FROM ELECTRICITY INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION INEFFICIENCY INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL TRADE IRON LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LOWERING TRADE BARRIERS Russia's exports, imports, and ability to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) continue to grow. In December 2011, after eighteen years of negotiations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) invited Russia to join WTO on the basis of the negotiated protocol of Russian accession. Russia ratified the agreement in July 2012. As part of its accession to the WTO, Russia agreed to a series of important commitments to further open its trade and foreign investment regimes. Russia will apply international standards on sanitary measures and technical barriers to trade. Policies which promote energy efficiency, technology innovation, clean production in supply chains, and addressing climate change are receiving increasing attention in Russian society, and nowadays, shape the economic modernization agenda of the Russian political leadership. This report is designed to provide senior Russian policy makers with recommendations on certain areas where national environmental protection policies can be complemented by the benefits of trade liberalization. Industrial leaders may also benefit from many of the report's conclusions and recommendation. The report has several objectives. The first is to draw attention to the local impacts of air pollution impacting human health which has been previously estimated to be between 12 and 17 percent of all-cause mortality in Russia and costing the economy upwards of 14 billion dollars annually. Correcting for this "external cost" to society is not trivial and has serious implications for sector reform. The second objective is about reducing global warming, and in particular carbon dioxide (CO2). Russia's commitments to reducing greenhouse gas emissions have adjustment costs to the economy and the modeling undertaken in this report provides some relative magnitude. The third objective is related to the technological modernization that needs to take place in order to realize cost reductions (efficiency improvements) and what the associated environmental benefits will be. Finally, the report also demonstrates how the Government can reduce the marginal cost of funds from Russia's tax system. What this means is that money is currently being spent (tax Rubles) in an inefficient manner - either through large subsidies or funding inefficient production and consumption. The model investigates the impacts of trade liberalization through three impacts: the change in production output (the scale effect), sector mix (the composition effect), and productivity (the technique effect). The model highlights several areas where benefits can lead to better protection of the environment, and where liberalization measures can significantly enhance the effectiveness of national policies to address key environmental challenges. This report discusses Russia's accession to WTO from this perspective. 2014-04-15T19:55:15Z 2014-04-15T19:55:15Z 2014-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/02/19243627/environmental-perspective-russias-accession-world-trade-organization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17799 English en_US Agriculture and environmental services discussion paper;no. 6 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study Europe and Central Asia Russian Federation |