Subsidies and Sustainable Development Workshop Helsinki 20-21 June 2006

An OECD Workshop on Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development was held in Helsinki, Finland on 20-21 June 2006. The workshop examined the economic, environmental and social effects of subsidies and the costs and benefits of refoming government supports in various sectors.

Please find here:

• the Workshop Summary Report
• the Agenda
• the Abstracts 
• the Powerpoint presentations:
  • Stephan Barg, Assessing the Benefits of Subsidy Reform from a SD perspective
  • Pentti Lähteenoja, Sustainability Effects of Subsidies to Forestry
  • Gunnar Lindberg, Sustainability Effects of Subsidies to Transport
  • Blair Comley, The Political Economy of Subsidy Reform
  • Anthony Cox, Easing Subsidy Reform for Producers, Consumers and Communities
  • Janet Dwyer, Transitional Issues in Subsidy Reform in Agriculture
  • Petri Lehto, Subsidy Reform in Finland
  • Daniel Puig, Whole-of-Government-Decision-Making for Subsidy Reform
  • Doug Koplow, Integrated Approaches to Reforming Subsidies in the Energy Sector
  • James Brown, Integrated Approaches to Reforming Subsidies in Fisheries
  • Outi Honkatukia, Enabling Subsidy Reform through Integrated and Inclusive Processes