India gets over 100m dollars to phase out CFC's

Brad De Long delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Wed Jul 5 12:49:53 PDT 2000



>India will get an $82 million grant to phase out the production of
>ozone depleting substances such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
>
>This is from the Multilateral Fund set up to implement the Montreal
>Protocol on such substances.
>
>India is chair of this fund, but the project is implemented through
>the World Bank.
>
>Could this be a precedent for capital transfers to other developing
>countries not just for phasing out CFC's but for other crucial
>issues in the management of the environment?
>
>
>
>Chris Burford
>
>London

Hope so...

Brad DeLong



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