Article Series: Biofuel Subsidies
Biofuels Policy Briefs
Policy briefs on biofuels subsidies.
Research Type:
Should We be Concerned About Competition Between Food and Fuel?
This policy brief discusses the impact of European Union and United States consumption targets on food commodity prices and provides a number of recommendations to help reduce competition between already constrained agricultural markets and increasing biofuel production.
Corruption and Fraud in Agricultural and Energy Subsidies: Identifying the Key Issues
Governments appear willing to provide publically funded subsidy programs totalling billions of dollars, but they commit significantly fewer resources to monitor these programs effectively to prevent fraud and or corruption. This policy brief identifies some of the main areas of subsidy policy affected by fraud and corruption, providing examples of some high profile cases.