Energy subsidy reform : lessons and implications

Energy subsidy reform : lessons and implications / Benedict Clements, et al. International Monetary Fund, Jan. 2013, 68 p.

The report : http://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2013/012813.pdf

Presentation : http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2013/int032713a.htm

Executive summary :

Energy subsidies have wide-ranging economic consequences. While aimed at protecting consumers, subsidies aggravate fiscal imbalances, crowd-out priority public spending, and depress private investment, including in the energy sector. Subsidies also distort resource allocation by encouraging excessive energy consumption, artificially promoting capital-intensive industries, reducing incentives for investment in renewable energy, and accelerating the depletion of natural resources. Most subsidy benefits are captured by higher-income households, reinforcing inequality. Even future generations are affected through the damaging effects of increased energy consumption on global warming. This paper provides: (i) the most comprehensive estimates of energy subsidies currently available for 176 countries; and (ii) an analysis of ―how to do‖energy subsidy reform, drawing on insights from 22 country case studies undertaken by IMF staff and analyses carried out by other institutions…


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