of trust in government among farmers in explaining support for reforming India's energy subsidies. The subsidies under …What accounts for the persistence of inefficient subsidies? What are the obstacles to their reform? We examine the role … groundwater. This water-energy nexus in rural India represents both a poverty-perpetuating policy equilibrium and a crisis in …

government rents faded, subsidy spending became financially unsustainable and foreign donors pressed for reforms. Yet, reform has …After independence, energy and food subsidies became a cornerstone of the social contracts in the Middle East and North … been challenging for all the governments as subsidies affect all consumers, therefore raising the risk of government …

The fund allocation in agricultural sector in India is heavily tilted toward input subsidies provision; however … aggregate form, and the rest three models take input subsidies in disaggregate forms, namely fertilizer subsidy, irrigation … subsidy and power subsidy, respectively. It is observed from the results that input subsidies still contribute more than what …