government rents faded, subsidy spending became financially unsustainable and foreign donors pressed for reforms. Yet, reform has … delegitimisation. Several publications have analysed the subsidy reforms of various MENA countries, but few have systematically … analysed their impacts on the prevailing social contracts. This paper shows that reforms in a key policy field such as subsidy …

. This discussion paper examines the most recent experience of food subsidy reform in Iran in order to derive some lessons … success of the recent food subsidy reform. First, ignoring the framework conditions of reform – including both international … targeting errors in the compensation element of the food subsidy reform before launching the scheme and during its …