Belarus heat tariff reform and social impact mitigation

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1 What Are the Government's Plans for the Sector? -- Sector Plans -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Why Is Tariff Reform Necessary? -- Tariff Reform -- Notes -- Chapter 3 What Is the Likely Impact of Tariff Reform? -- Impact of the Reform -- Chapter 4 How Can Tariff Reform Be Best Implemented? -- Implementation of the Reform -- Appendix A Overview of the District Heating Sector in Belarus -- Introduction -- Demand and Supply Characteristics -- Service Providers -- Policy and Regulation -- Tariff and Subsidies in the District Heating Sector -- Notes -- Appendix B The Distributional Impact of Tariff Reform on Households and Industries -- Introduction -- Household Energy Expenditure Patterns -- Distributional Impact of District Heating Tariff Increase -- Cross-Subsidization and Industrial Competitiveness -- Appendix C Methodologies of Focus Group Discussions and In-Depth Interviews -- Introduction -- Focus Group Discussions -- In-Depth Interviews -- The Localities Chosen for Focus Group Discussions and In-Depth Interviews -- Appendix D Communicating Heating Tariff Reform to Household Lessons and Experience from Eastern European Countries and Russia -- Poland -- Hungary -- Estonia -- Bulgaria -- Russia -- References -- Figures -- 2.1 Declining Cost-Recovery Levels of Residential Heat Service, 2005-12 -- 2.2 Import Prices of Russian Natural Gas, 2005-12 -- 2.3 Comparison of Tariffs and Production Costs of ZhKHs and Belenergo, 2005-12 -- 2.4 Industrial Electricity Tariffs, 2005-14 -- 2.5 Cross- and Direct Budgetary Subsidies to Residential District Heating, 2005-12 -- 2.6 Unit Energy Cost of Manufacturing, by Country -- 2.7 Output Price Increases from Imposing Implicit Electricity Tax on Industrial Consumers.