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?...

The Government of the Republic of Belarus (GoB) plans to increase district heating tariffs to cost-recovery levels and gradually phase out subsidies, replacing them with social assistance programs. Residential DH tariffs in Belarus are currently at roughly 10-21 percent of cost-recovery levels....