Can tax combat pollution? : an assessment of the Sri Lankan rubber industry

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dc.contributor.authorEdirisinghe, Jagath
dc.contributor.editorBellamy, Rufus
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-29T20:09:34Z
dc.date.available2009-06-29T20:09:34Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.descriptionThis policy brief is based on SANDEE working paper no. 30-08, "Taxing pollution : a case for reducing the environmental impacts of rubber production in Sri Lanka"en
dc.description.abstractRubber processing in Sri Lanka is one of the most polluting industrial activities in the country, and, the current ‘command and control’ system of pollution control is proving to be ineffective. Now, a new SANDEE research suggests that taxation could be used to encourage the industry to clean up its act. // The SANDEE study recommends that the government should levy a tax equivalent to 8.6 per cent of the total annual turnover of the rubber industry. It argues that this would provide an incentive for the rubber industry to meet environmental standards. Such an economic instrument would also motivate the Sri Lankan Central Environmental Authority to monitor effluents more carefully, and that would give polluting firms an incentive to find innovative ways of dealing with their waste, such as recycling the chemicals in their effluents.en
dc.formatTexten
dc.format.extent4 p. : ill.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/38975
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSANDEE, Kathmandu, NPen
dc.relation.ispartofSANDEE policy brief / South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics; no. 29-08en
dc.subjectRUBBER INDUSTRYen
dc.subjectWATER POLLUTIONen
dc.subjectCHEMICAL POLLUTIONen
dc.subjectPOLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLEen
dc.subjectTAXATIONen
dc.subjectSRI LANKAen
dc.titleCan tax combat pollution? : an assessment of the Sri Lankan rubber industryen
dc.typePolicy Briefen
idrc.copyright.holderSouth Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)
idrc.copyright.oapermissionsourceOA Permission Licenseen
idrc.copyright.oareleasedocrecordsserverdocnumber250517
idrc.dspace.accessOpen Accessen
idrc.project.number102580
idrc.project.titleSouth Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)en
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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