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CGD NOTES
July 25, 2023
The principle of a “just transition” is anchored in the 2015 Paris Agreement. But only in recent years has the principle been fully recognized as an enabler and accelerator of power decarbonization efforts by integrating measures that aim to mitigate the direct, indirect, and induced adverse impacts...
CGD NOTES
June 22, 2023
So far, most of the focus in Indonesia’s JETP has been on efforts to reduce the supply of carbon-intensive power by refinancing coal-fired power plants to retire them early and replace them with renewables. But this strategy alone may not deliver the speed and scale of the transition required. Decar...
CGD NOTES
March 03, 2022
Corrective taxes on harmful products—health taxes—are a cost-effective way to save lives and generate additional tax revenue. In new research, we show that health tax measures during COVID-19 have diminished in number and strength because the international community has mobilized additional, largely...
CGD NOTES
December 08, 2015
In the big decentralized countries where global disease burden is concentrated, such as India and Indonesia, most public money for health isn’t spent by the national ministry of health, the traditional counterpart for global health funders and technical agencies. Instead, most money is program...