Modeling the Impact on South Africa’s Economy of Introducing a Carbon Tax

Modeling the Impact on South Africa’s Economy of Introducing a Carbon Tax

This paper reviews the key findings of a modeling analysis exploring the implications of the South African carbon tax. The modeling work reported in this paper differs from earlier analyses of the possible impact of a carbon tax in South Africa by...

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Main Author: Partnership for Market Readiness
Format: Technical Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
carbon tax
climate change
climate change mitigation
climate policy
economic impact
recycling
emissions
greenhouse gas emissions
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/524951480394467958/Modeling-the-impact-on-South-Africa-s-economy-of-introducing-a-carbon-tax
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spelling okr-10986-257622021-05-25T08:56:11Z Modeling the Impact on South Africa’s Economy of Introducing a Carbon Tax Partnership for Market Readiness carbon tax climate change climate change mitigation climate policy economic impact recycling emissions greenhouse gas emissions This paper reviews the key findings of a modeling analysis exploring the implications of the South African carbon tax. The modeling work reported in this paper differs from earlier analyses of the possible impact of a carbon tax in South Africa by more closely reflecting the actual design features of the tax proposed by the National Treasury of South Africa. A carbon tax, in conjunction with the recycling of revenues, has been designed by the National Treasury as one of the key mitigation instruments in helping South Africa meet its international commitments to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. 2016-12-15T20:50:25Z 2016-12-15T20:50:25Z 2016-09 Technical Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/524951480394467958/Modeling-the-impact-on-South-Africa-s-economy-of-introducing-a-carbon-tax http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25762 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa South Africa
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climate change
climate change mitigation
climate policy
economic impact
recycling
emissions
greenhouse gas emissions
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climate change
climate change mitigation
climate policy
economic impact
recycling
emissions
greenhouse gas emissions
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Modeling the Impact on South Africa’s Economy of Introducing a Carbon Tax
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description This paper reviews the key findings of a modeling analysis exploring the implications of the South African carbon tax. The modeling work reported in this paper differs from earlier analyses of the possible impact of a carbon tax in South Africa by more closely reflecting the actual design features of the tax proposed by the National Treasury of South Africa. A carbon tax, in conjunction with the recycling of revenues, has been designed by the National Treasury as one of the key mitigation instruments in helping South Africa meet its international commitments to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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author Partnership for Market Readiness
author_facet Partnership for Market Readiness
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title Modeling the Impact on South Africa’s Economy of Introducing a Carbon Tax
title_short Modeling the Impact on South Africa’s Economy of Introducing a Carbon Tax
title_full Modeling the Impact on South Africa’s Economy of Introducing a Carbon Tax
title_fullStr Modeling the Impact on South Africa’s Economy of Introducing a Carbon Tax
title_full_unstemmed Modeling the Impact on South Africa’s Economy of Introducing a Carbon Tax
title_sort modeling the impact on south africa’s economy of introducing a carbon tax
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/524951480394467958/Modeling-the-impact-on-South-Africa-s-economy-of-introducing-a-carbon-tax
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