The “Subsidy Matrix” was presented as a simple new tool for policy makers and practitioners in charge of designing or improving access subsidies. The matrix approach applies a systematic process to identify all relevant options for the…
The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program’s (ESMAP) Sustainable Renewables Risk Mitigation Initiative (SRMI) uses climate finance for mitigation activities that reduce emissions and increase climate resilience in the energy sector.
The approaches presented at the workshop aim at decreasing the need for public sector subsidies (and increasing private sector equity) through the participation of venture capitalist investors. One of the key challenges regarding the…
Increases in world oil prices since 2004 have challenged consumers and oil-importing countries across the world. Oil prices temporarily fell sharply in 2009, only to triple three years later. The oil import share of gross domestic product…
Helping Developing Countries Reform Energy Subsidies and Create Fiscal Space for Public InvestmentsBackgroundAn energy subsidy is a deliberate government action targeting electricity, fossil fuels, or district heating, which reduces the…
DEMETRIOS PAPATHANASIOU | ANI BALABANYAN | |MARCH 17, 2022This page in: EnglishUtilities are the backbone of power delivery. They generate, transmit, and distribute the electricity that lights up homes and powers businesses and play a…