This report explores how poverty and distributional analyses have been used to support energy subsidy reform efforts through a review of select country-specific activities supported by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP…
This report reviews energy compensatory cash transfers implemented globally over the past two decades. The review focuses particularly on low- and middle-income countries where the challenges of energy subsidy reforms are most acute.
The government has been able to significantly reduce fiscal transfers to the electricity sector, while doubling new connections per year, halving tariffs for low-income households and making connection charges…
This good practice note provides those working on consumer price subsidy reforms, in particular social scientists, with hands-on, practical guidance for using certain qualitative research tools to help fully understand the distributional…
The objective of this good practice note is to outline the ingredients of an assessment of the fiscal impacts of energy subsidies in an economy from the aggregate fiscal perspective of the government. It demonstrates the interrelations…
This note aims to provide an overview and guidance on the use of tools to assess the environmental and health effects of changes in the levels of fine particulate matter caused by higher consumption of energy due to subsidized prices at…
