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p. 39 of 57 BACK | NEXT I. The Changing Environment II. Driving Forces of Change III. Options and Opportunities IV. Toward Policy Integration Mounting Pressure for Policy Responses Policy Integration Entry Points for Policy Integration Managing Economic Fundamentals Establishing a Regulatory Regime Resource Pricing Using Market-Based Instruments Removing Pricing Barriers to Technology Adoption Intrasectoral Policy Integration Intersectoral Policy Integration International Trade and Investment Governance A Framework for Policy Integration Toward an Action Agenda V. Call to Action

Asian Environment Outlook 2001 : IV. Toward Policy Integration : Managing Economic Fundamentals

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Removing Pricing Barriers to Technology Adoption

Import duties, tariffs, other market distortions, and high-purchase prices continue to form barriers to the adoption of clean technologies. Although new, eco-efficient technologies are being developed at an impressive pace, few are being adopted on a wide scale in DMCs. Policy integration requires that the whole set of policy incentives and disincentives be re-examined to isolate these barriers. Nowhere is this more important than with regard to decisions within a sector on whether or not to retrofit new production processes or environmental control technologies. Policy makers should promote a supportive environment for eco-efficient retro-fitting through enhanced depreciation schedules, tax breaks, or environmental certification schemes. Dissemination of case studies showing the "win-win" nature of retrofits and the rapid payback periods that are possible will also help to convince reluctant firms in the same sector as well as uninformed financiers.

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