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Economy-Wide Impacts of Biodiesel Production and Use in India: A Computable General Equilibrium Model Assessment

dc.contributor.authorHerath Gunatilake
dc.contributor.authorSanjib Pohit
dc.contributor.authorGuntur Sugiyarto
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-24T13:13:34Z
dc.date.available2015-01-24T13:13:34Z
dc.date.issued2011-05-01
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11540/1411
dc.description.abstractBiofuels are receiving the attention of policy makers of energy-deficient nations as a means to enhance energy security and reduce carbon emissions. Economy-wide impacts of allocating vast amounts of agricultural resources for energy crop production are not well understood. This paper assesses the economy-wide impacts of growing biodiesel crops to meet 20% blending target set in the biofuel policy of India. The results show that biodiesel can generate 0.7%–1.0% one-time incremental growth in India’s economy with significant employment generation in rural areas, without adverse effects on the other sectors of the economy.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherAsian Development Bank
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.titleEconomy-Wide Impacts of Biodiesel Production and Use in India: A Computable General Equilibrium Model Assessment
dc.typeWorking Papers
dc.subject.expertAlternative Energy Development
dc.subject.expertAsian Development Bank
dc.subject.expertDevelopment
dc.subject.expertDevelopment Cooperation
dc.subject.expertRural Development Projects
dc.subject.expertEnergy Development Finance
dc.subject.adbRural planning
dc.subject.adbAid coordination
dc.subject.adbIndustrial projects
dc.subject.adbInfrastructure projects
dc.subject.adbNatural resources policy
dc.subject.adbEducational development
dc.subject.adbDevelopment policy
dc.subject.adbEnergy Demand
dc.subject.adbAlternative energy program
dc.subject.adbDomestic Energy
dc.subject.naturalCommunication in rural development
dc.subject.naturalCommunication in community development
dc.subject.naturalEconomic development projects
dc.subject.naturalDevelopment banks
dc.subject.naturalEconomic forecasting
dc.subject.naturalEnvironmental auditing
dc.subject.naturalCumulative effects assessment
dc.subject.naturalHuman rights and globalization
dc.subject.naturalRural manpower policy
dc.subject.naturalBiogas
dc.subject.naturalBiomass chemical
dc.subject.naturalBiomass gassification
dc.subject.naturalBiomass energy
dc.title.seriesSouth Asia Working Paper Series
dc.title.volumeNo. 4
dc.contributor.imprintAsian Development Bank
oar.themeDevelopment
oar.themeEnergy
oar.adminregionAsia and the Pacific Region
oar.countryBangladesh
oar.countryBhutan
oar.countryIndia
oar.countryMaldives
oar.countryNepal
oar.countrySri Lanka
oar.countryBrunei Darussalam
oar.countryBrunei Darussalam
oar.countryCambodia
oar.countryIndonesia
oar.countryLao People's Democratic Republic
oar.countryMalaysia
oar.countryMyanmar
oar.countryPhilippines
oar.countrySingapore
oar.countryThailand
oar.countryViet Nam
oar.countryCook Islands
oar.countryFiji
oar.countryKiribati
oar.countryMarshall Islands
oar.countryMicronesia, Federated States of
oar.countryNauru
oar.countryPalau
oar.countryPapua New Guinea
oar.countrySamoa
oar.countrySolomon Islands
oar.countryTimor-Leste
oar.countryTonga
oar.countryTuvalu
oar.countryVanuatu
oar.countryAfghanistan
oar.countryArmenia
oar.countryAzerbaijan
oar.countryGeorgia
oar.countryKazakhstan
oar.countryKyrgyz Republic
oar.countryPakistan
oar.countryTajikistan
oar.countryTurkmenistan
oar.countryUzbekistan
oar.countryChina, People’s Republic of
oar.countryHong Kong, China
oar.countryChina, People’s Republic of
oar.countryRepublic of Korea
oar.countryMongolia
oar.countryTaipei,China
oar.identifierOAR-001472
oar.authorGunatilake, Herath
oar.authorPohit, Sanjib
oar.authorSugiyarto, Guntur
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