| Description |
1 online resource (125 pages) |
| Series |
African Department ; 13/2 |
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International Monetary Fund. African Department (Series) ; 13/2.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Energy Subsidies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): Stylized Facts -- Recent Developments in Fuel Pricing and Fiscal Implications -- Electricity Subsidies and Cost Recovery Tariffs -- Who Benefits from Energy Subsidies? -- Energy Subsidies and Economic Efficiency -- 2. Electricity Sector Reform: Lessons and Policy Options -- Introduction -- Power Planning and Institutional Structure -- Enhancing Efficiency, Reducing Costs, and Raising Revenue -- Tariff Design, Changes, and Targeting -- Access -- Regional Electricity Trade -- 3. Lessons Learned from Attempts to Reform Energy Subsidies -- Why Are Energy Subsidies So Attractive and Difficult to Remove? -- A Strategy for Energy Subsidy Reform -- Appendix 1 Survey of Fuel and Electricity Subsidies in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Overview -- Quantifying Fuel and Electricity Subsidies -- Quantifying Contingent Liabilities -- Conclusions |
| Summary |
The reform of energy subsidies is an important but challenging issue for sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. There is a relatively large theoretical and empirical literature on this issue. While this paper relies on that literature, too, it tailors its discussion to SSA countries to respond to the following questions: Why it is important to reduce energy subsidies? What are the difficulties involved in energy subsidy reform? How best can a subsidy reform be implemented? This paper uses various sources of information on SSA countries: quantitative assessments, surveys, and individual (but standardized) case studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Power resources -- Subsidies -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Power resources -- Subsidies -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Case studies
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Industries.
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Business & Economics.
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Alleyne, Trevor Serge Coleridge.
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International Monetary Fund.
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| LC no. |
2014427150 |
| ISBN |
9781484390726 |
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1484390725 |
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1484385608 |
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9781484385609 |
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1484375084 |
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9781484375082 |
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