The Honduran palm oil industry: Employing lessons from Malaysia in the search for economically and environmentally sustainable energy solutions

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 6943-6950

  Craven, Catherine ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Honduras; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES; DOMESTIC MARKETS; ECONOMIC INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; FISCAL POLICIES; FUNDING BODIES; HONDURAS; HUMAN CAPITALS; MALAYSIA; MALAYSIANS; PALM OIL; PATH DEPENDENCY; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; TAX STRUCTURES; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

AGRICULTURE; BIOFUELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

VEGETABLE OILS;

BIOFUEL; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; INCENTIVE; INNOVATION; OIL INDUSTRY; PLANTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TAX SYSTEM;

HONDURAS; MALAYSIA;

EID: 80054871331     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.09.028     Document Type: Article

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