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Air Pollution Control Policy Options for Metro Manila

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Krupnick, Alan () (Resources for the Future)
Fischer, Carolyn () (Resources for the Future)
Morgenstern, Richard () (Resources for the Future)
Logarta, Jose
Rufo, Bing

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The Asian Development Bank has sponsored research on market-based instruments for managing pollution in Metro Manila, Philippines, where air quality is seriously degraded. This report offers three policy options for reducing particulate emissions and their precursors. For stationary sources, we recommend an emissions fee that creates efficient financial incentives to reduce emissions while raising revenues for monitoring and enforcement activities. For mobile sources, we propose a pilot diesel retrofit program using a low-cost technology that is effective at existing 2,000 ppm sulfur content. Second, we recommmend a charge on the sulfur content of diesel fuel to encourage meeting and surpassing the 500 ppm standard to allow for more advanced particulate trap technologies. Although better data are needed—both for designing controls and for evaluating their efficacy—much can be learned just by implementing these programs, so we make recommendations for starting points.

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Keywords: air pollution; emissions tax; Philippines; particulates;

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Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water
Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development

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  1. Shah, J.J. & Nagpal, T., 1997. "Urban Air Quality Management Strategy in Asia. Metro Manila Report," Papers 380, World Bank - Technical Papers.
  2. Oskarsson, K. & Berglund, A. & Deling, R. & Snellman, U. & Stenback, O. & Fritz, J.J., 1997. "A PLanner's Guide for Selecting Clean-Coal Technologies for Power Plants," Papers 387, World Bank - Technical Papers.
  3. Tavoulereas, E.S. & Charpentier, J.P., 1995. "Clean Coal Technologies for Developing Countries," Papers 286, World Bank - Technical Papers.
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  1. Parry, Ian & Fischer, Carolyn & Jawahar, Puja & Aguilar , Francisco, 2005. "Corporate Codes of Conduct: Is Common Environmental Content Feasible?," Discussion Papers dp-05-09, Resources For the Future. [Downloadable!]
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