Looking for a Way out the Subsidies Labyrinth in Argentina
Lucio Castro | 16 October 2015
Fiscal,
Monetary,
Blog | Tags:
Energy,
Inflation,
Subsidies In the midst of a heated electoral campaign, subsidies are at the centre of the political debate in Argentina. Shock or gradual approaches to reform those transfers have emerged as the buzzwords of the moment as the presidential race heats up.
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Low Interest Rates: An Opportunity for Renewables
Pierre Monnin | 8 July 2015
Monetary,
Blog | Tags:
Energy,
Interest Rates Putting the economy on an environmentally sustainable path requires a serious shift into green technologies. Such a shift includes substantial investments in technologies that are based on renewable energy to produce electricity – referred to hereinafter as “green energy technologies”. Interest rates directly and significantly
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The Impact of Interest Rates on Electricity Production Costs
Pierre Monnin | 25 June 2015
Monetary,
Discussion Notes | Tags:
Energy,
Interest Rates Putting the economy on an environmentally sustainable path requires substantial investments in green energy technologies. Long-term interest rates play a crucial role for energy investments. Against this background, we study the impact of interest rates on the costs of producing electricity with different technologies, using
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Monetary Policy and Sustainability. The Case of Bangladesh
Alexander Barkawi and
Pierre Monnin | 31 May 2015
Monetary,
Discussion Notes | Tags:
Employment,
Energy,
Financial Inclusion Central banks have wide ranging effects on the economy and society as a whole. Their decisions on monetary policy and sustainability are closely intertwined. Nonetheless, the links between the mandates, objectives and instruments of central banks and a broad sustainability agenda are rarely reflected in
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Monetary Policy and Resource Security
22-24 April, 2014 Monetary,
Workshops | Tags:
Commodities,
Energy,
Resource Security Resource security – the capacity to meet current and future demand for food, water, land, energy and minerals – has been a key concern for policymakers for a long time. As global consumption levels rise, debates on how to safeguard natural capital are moving up
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