Potential for Biofuels for Transport in Developing Countries

This note is based on a longer report published by ESMAP in 2005. The report responds to the increasing number of requests from developing countries to help assess the commercial viability of biofuels for transport in the next 5 to 10 years. This brief draws from the successful Brazil experience and illustrates socioeconomic considerations for establishing biofuel programs in developing countries.

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Main Authors: Kojima, Masami, Johnson, Todd
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2006-02
Subjects:AGRICULTURAL CROPS, AIR, AIR POLLUTION, AIR QUALITY, AIR-QUALITY, ALTERNATIVE MEANS, AUTOMOTIVE FUEL, AVAILABILITY, BARREL OF OIL, BIOMASS, CANE PRODUCTION, CAPITAL FORMATION, CARBON, CARBON CREDITS, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON MARKET, CARBON MONOXIDE, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, CONSUMER PROTECTION, COST OF ETHANOL, COST OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION, COSTS OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION, CROP RESIDUES, DIESEL, DIESEL FUEL, DISTILLERIES, ECONOMICS, EMISSION, EMISSION REDUCTIONS, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS OF NITROGEN OXIDES, ENERGY CROPS, ENERGY SECTOR, ENERGY SECURITY, ENERGY SOURCE, ENERGY SOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES, EQUITY IMPACTS, ETHANOL, ETHANOL CONSUMPTION, ETHANOL CONTENT IN GASOHOL, ETHANOL ETHANOL, ETHANOL FROM CELLULOSE, ETHANOL FROM SUGARCANE, ETHANOL INDUSTRY, ETHANOL MARKET, ETHANOL PRODUCERS, EXCHANGE RATE, EXHAUST EMISSIONS, EXTERNALITIES, FARMS, FEEDSTOCK, FEEDSTOCK COSTS, FEEDSTOCKS, FOREST PRODUCTS, FUEL, FUEL PRODUCTION, FUEL SUPPLIES, FUELS, GASOHOL, GASOLINE, GASOLINE CONSUMPTION, GASOLINE TAXES, GLOBAL POLLUTANTS, GREENHOUSE GAS, HABITAT LOSS, HEALTH, HYDROCARBONS, INCOME, LOCAL AIR POLLUTION, LOWER EMISSIONS, NITROGEN, OCTANE, OCTANE OF GASOLINE, OIL, OIL PRICES, OIL PRODUCERS, PARTICULATE, PARTICULATE MATTER, PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, PLANT OPERATIONS, PLANT OWNERS, POLLUTANTS, PRICE OF ETHANOL, PRICE OF OIL, PRODUCTION COSTS, PRODUCTIVITY, ROAD, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SAFETY, SUGAR CANE, SUGAR INDUSTRY, SUGARCANE, SUGARCANE PRODUCTION, SUGARS, SULFUR, TAX, TAX EXEMPTIONS, TAX REVENUE, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT FUEL, TRANSPORT SECTOR, URBAN AIR POLLUTION, URBAN AIR QUALITY, VALUE OF ETHANOL, VEHICLE, VEHICLE EXHAUST, VEHICLE FLEETS, VEHICLE FUEL, VEHICLE FUEL ECONOMY, VEHICLES, WOOD, WOOD WASTES,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/7101032/potential-biofuels-transport-developing-countries
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17958
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