ADBI Call for Papers on Fiscal Policy Instruments and Green Development

ADBI, the Ministry of Finance of Indonesia, and the University of Indonesia invite the submission of original, unpublished thematic or case studies on the role of fiscal policy instruments in green development to be presented at a policy workshop in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 29-30 September 2020.

Achieving climate and clean air goals that advance green development will require increased financing for environmental initiatives through new financial instruments and fiscal policies. Measures such as green bonds, taxes, subsidies, incentives, and budget allocations could help generate revenue and redirect investment to support the green and low-carbon sector.

Thematic and case study submissions may deal with, but are not be limited to, the following:

• General Fiscal Policy Choices and the Implications for Sustainable Development
  • Why fiscal policy matters for green development
  • Fossil fuel subsidy reform and green energy investment
  • Green fiscal policy reforms in practice
• Green Financial Instruments and Fiscal Incentives: Opportunities and Limitations
  • Pollution tax adoption
  • Public and private green bonds and financial sector readiness
  • Role of government in mobilizing green private financing and investment
  • Fiscal incentives for green technology development
  • Developing innovative green financial instruments
• Fiscal Administration and Green Development on a Sub-National Level
  • Central-local government cooperation on green development
  • Green local tax policy and regional development
  • Fiscal administration initiatives on climate budgets
  • Regional green climate budget tagging, ecological fiscal transfers, and results-based payment

Benefits

• Authors of accepted papers will be invited to the policy workshop in Yogyakarta on 29-30 September 2020.
• ADBI will fund the travel of one author per paper who must be a citizen of an ADB member country.
• ADBI will provide an honorarium for the author(s) of selected papers that are included in an ADBI book.
• Selected papers will also be considered for publication as ADBI policy briefs or in an ADBI book.

Application process

• Contributors should submit their extended abstract in English by 31 May 2020.
• The abstract should be about 1,000 words, including the title, name of the author(s), affiliation(s), research background, motivation, and methodology, and expected policy implications.
• Abstracts should be submitted to callforpapers@adbi.org(link sends e-mail), walwarritzi@adbi.org(link sends e-mail), and nhendriyetty@adbi.org(link sends e-mail)