Finance for sustainable development: Testing new policy approaches Author various authors Date 2000 Source IUCN (ID: MON-065589) Publisher | Place of publication UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development (DSD) | New York, NY, USA ISBN DESA/DSD/2000/15 Pages 347 p. Document type Conference, symposium etc. document/report Conference name | place | date Fifth Expert Group Meeting on Finance for Sustainable Development | Nairobi | 19991201 -19991204 Language English Field of application International Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Subsidy/incentive Sustainable development Financing Abstract Contents: Part one: Improving the policy framework for sustainable development finance 1. Taking stock of sustainable development finance in Sub-Saharan Africa 2. Integrating public environmental expenditure management and public finance in transition economies Part Two: New policy approaches in international finance 3. Reversing the decline of ODA. How effective is the current policy agenda? 4. Official development assistance and sustainable development in Africa: Towards a new strategy 5. Debt relief and sustainable development in Sub-Sahara Africa 6. Increasing the contribution of foreign investment to sustainable development: Domestic and international policy measures 7. Attracting capital inflows to Africa: Essential elements of a policy package 8. The impact of regionalisation in the African capital markets sector and the mobilisation of foregn capital for sustainable development Part Three: New policy approaches in domestic finance 9. Advancing subsidy reform: Towards a viable policy package 10. Overview and recent experiences with ecological tax reforms in Europe 11. Taxes and tradable permits as policy options for controlling pollution: Review of country experiences 12. Increasing the role of environmental taxes and charges as a policy instrument in developing contries: Some conceptual considerations 13. Promoting private sector participation in the financingg of sustainable development 14. The greening of financial markets Part Four: Innovative mechanisms in sector finance 15. Innovative financial mechanisms for sustainable sector financing 16. Promoting private sector financing of commercial investments in renewable energy technologies