key questions regarding residential electricity subsidies in Central America. In particular: How do the subsidy mechanisms … on the lowest-income groups. However, the existing electricity subsidy schemes are very inefficient at targeting … policymakers with the analytical foundations necessary to assess the costs and benefits of their electricity subsidy mechanisms …

key questions regarding residential electricity subsidies in Central America. In particular: How do the subsidy mechanisms … on the lowest-income groups. However, the existing electricity subsidy schemes are very inefficient at targeting … policymakers with the analytical foundations necessary to assess the costs and benefits of their electricity subsidy mechanisms …

distributional impacts of energy subsidy reform. We find that in absolute terms energy subsidies benefit richer households more than … poor ones. Relative to household income, subsidy removal without compensation would be regressive for diesel and LPG … up by subsidy reform could be used to mitigate income losses for poor households by means of in-kind and in-cash revenue …

subsidy ; renewable portfolio standard ; feed-in-tariffs ; carbon pricing …