Definition(s)
Any monetary grant made by the government to an economic sector with the aim of lowering the market price of some service or product and making it readily affordable to the public. (Source: GEMET-MGHME / RHW, edited MMA)
Hierarchy
Broader: Economic instruments
Narrower: Harmful subsidies
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subvention
Russian
субсидия
Spanish
subsidio
Arabic
إعانة مالية
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with Subsidies
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Montreal Protocol | 1 decision |
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World Heritage Convention | 44 decisions |
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Prevention and Emergency Protocol | 1 decision |
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Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians | 1 decision |



