Considering trade policies for liquid biofuels

Jun 2007

This report, which focuses on the issues associated with trade in liquid biofuels, is a second Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) report on biofuels, and forms a part of a broader assessment of bioenergy undertaken by the World Bank. The growing interest in liquid biofuels is driven principally by three factors: Concerns about energy security;Environmental considerations that focus upon GHG emissions, primarily in industrial countries, and on tailpipe emissions in developing countries that have relatively lenient vehicle emission and fuel quality standards;A desire to support and protect domestic agriculture against the backdrop of negotiations for agricultural trade liberalization in international organizations and treaties.

By: M. Kojima, D. Mitchell, W. Ward (Energy Sector Management Assistance Program)

 
download this document:   566 kb
home