New World Bank report on Biofuels Trade

30 May 07

The report "Considering Trade Policies for Liquid Biofuels" addresses the benefits and risks associated with trade in liquid biofuels. The report asks how liberalizing trade in liquid biofuels might affect biofuel production and consumption. Focusing primarily on ethanol and biodiesel, the report takes a time horizon of the next five to ten years. It outlines the important link between agriculture and biofuels, reviews past and present government policies for agriculture and biofuels, and considers how these policies might affect the world biofuel market.  The report highlights the links among the markets for petroleum products, biofuels, feedstocks, and the byproducts of biofuel processing.  It reviews existing studies about the likely consequences of much larger biofuel production and trade liberalization of biofuels and their feedstocks. The report concludes with policy considerations. Source: www.esmap.org

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