previous IMF analyses through more sophisticated estimation of costs and impacts of reform. Globally, fossil fuel subsidies … were $5.9 trillion in 2020 or about 6.8 percent of GDP, and are expected to rise to 7.4 percent of GDP in 2025. Just 8 …This paper provides a comprehensive global, regional, and country-level update of: (i) efficient fossil fuel prices to …

-subsidy reform and climate policy do not sufficiently interrogate the interplay and implications of underlying assumptions, power … eliminating subsidies create critical trade-offs and tensions for low-income developing countries. Recent reform of fuel … debates, this paper considers the recent experience of Haiti to reform its energy subsidies required by the International …

tool in the context of ESR, and (b) different options for rapid scale-up or implementation of SSNs. It introduces a three …-SSNs, and modeling expansion options; and (c) assessing the readiness of the existing or planned SSNs for providing protection … consumers are eliminated, or when consumer price subsidies lead to illegal diversion and out-smuggling, acute fuel shortages …

understand what is politically possible and how to realign political forces around successful reform. The authors are mindful … political insights since mismanagement in that realm can, itself, affect the political prospects for reform and harm the … standing of reform agents in the process. In contrast to desk research or analysis of existing datasets, field research on …

of this global reform appears in the transport sector, which still produces significant CO2 emissions. Such historical …-carbon energy sources such as hydropower and nuclear power have been at the forefront of the electricity generation sector for the … nuclear phase-out through the massive development of alternative and renewable energy sources in the long term. Facing this …

government be wise enough to closely monitor the progress of the reform plan and be able to quickly revert or halt and revisit … damage the environment by creating distorted price signals and result in higher energy consumption or production or barriers …“Lifting or keeping the subsidy” has been a controversial issue, precisely in Egypt it has always been too “hot to …

promoting market-oriented reform in the energy sector by giving more relevance and effect to the fundamental role of the market … is consistent with the principle of freedom of transit and without distinction as to the origin, destination or ownership … of such energy materials and products, or discrimination as to the pricing on the basis of such distinctions, and without …

in incumbent tenancies and the secondary land-lord-tenant-dilemma stems from modernization costs being sunk and thus not … allocation system for energy and modernization costs can help remedying these issues or exacerbate them. This paper develops an … requires a more radical reform of tenancy law. …

sustainability of reform efforts as well as progress towards more just and inclusive energy transitions. This study examines the …Understanding the distributional consequences of progressive fossil fuel subsidy reform is critical to the … research explores household energy consumption patterns, estimating budget, own-price, and cross-price elasticities for petrol …

tool in the context of ESR, and (b) different options for rapid scale-up or implementation of SSNs. It introduces a three …-SSNs, and modeling expansion options; and (c) assessing the readiness of the existing or planned SSNs for providing protection … consumers are eliminated, or when consumer price subsidies lead to illegal diversion and out-smuggling, acute fuel shortages …