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Energy Subsidy Reform : Lessons and Implications »
Series: Books
Author(s): Benedict Clements , David Coady , Stefania Fabrizio , Sanjeev Gupta , Trevor Alleyne , and Carlo Sdralevich
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 02 December 2013
Language: Arabic
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484389928.071
ISBN: 9781484389928
Keywords: energy subsidy, subsidy, energy
Energy subsidies have wide-ranging economic consequences. Although they are aimed at protecting consumers, subsidies aggravate fiscal imbalances, crowd out priority public spending, and depress private investment,...
Fund-Supported Programs, Fiscal Policy, and Income Distribution »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 September 1986
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9780939934645.084
ISBN: 9780939934645
Keywords: taxation, expenditure, salaries, subsidies, income distribution
This is the third in a group of three papers dealing with various aspects of Fund-supported adjustment programs....
Energy Subsidy Reform : Lessons and Implications »
Series: Books
Author(s): Benedict Clements , David Coady , Stefania Fabrizio , Sanjeev Gupta , Trevor Alleyne , and Carlo Sdralevich
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 September 2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475558111.071
ISBN: 9781475558111
Keywords: prices, electricity, pricing, electricity sector, electricity subsidies
Energy subsidies are aimed at protecting consumers, however, subsidies aggravate fiscal imbalances, crowd out priority public spending, and depress private investment, including in the energy sector. This book prov...
Fiscal Policy to Mitigate Climate Change : A Guide for Policymakers »
Series: Books
Author(s): Ruud Mooij , Michael Keen , and Ian Parry
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 September 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781616353933.071
ISBN: 9781616353933
Keywords: Climate policy, co2, forest, forests, subsidies, climate finance
Efforts to control atmospheric accumulations of greenhouse gases that threaten to heat up the planet are in their infancy. Although the IMF is not an environmental organization, environmental issues matter for its...
Regional Economic Outlook, April 2011, Middle East and Central Asia »
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 April 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781616350642.086
ISBN: 9781616350642
Keywords: oil importers, oil exporters, oil and gas, subsidies, oil prices
This issue of the Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia provides an in-depth look at the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAP) region, as well as the Caucasus and Central As...
Reforming Government Subsidies in the New Member States of the European Union »
Source: Reforming Government Subsidies in the New Member States of the European Union
Volume/Issue: 2008/165
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Alex Segura-Ubiergo , Taline Koranchelian , and Carlos Mulas-Granados
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 July 2008
ISBN: 9781451870237
Keywords: new member states, subsidy reform, state aid to enterprises, energy subsidies, and transportation subsidies, subsidies, subsidy, energy subsidy,
Subsidy reform has been a key component of the pre-accession reform agenda of the 10 new member states that joined the EU in 2004 (EU-10). During the pre-accession period, these countries had to undertake a number...
Public Expenditure Policy and the Environment »
Source: Public Expenditure Policy and the Environment : A Review and Synthesis
Volume/Issue: 1993/27
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Kenneth M. Miranda , Ian Parry , and Sanjeev Gupta
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 1993
ISBN: 9781451844443
Keywords: subsidy, environmental degradation, environmental policy
Commonly cited environmental instruments in the legal, regulatory, and fiscal domains are intended primarily to address market failures to ensure that environmental degradation and resource use is contained to appr...
United Arab Emirates: Selected Issues »
Source: United Arab Emirates : Selected Issues
Volume/Issue: 2015/220
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 August 2015
ISBN: 9781513524634
Keywords: environment, subsidies, prices, revenue, oil
This Selected Issues paper discusses measures to strengthen fiscal policy and budget frameworks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It provides an overview of government's revenue and expenditure developments, and p...
United Arab Emirates: Selected Issues »
Source: United Arab Emirates : Selected Issues
Volume/Issue: 2015/220
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 August 2015
ISBN: 9781513524634
Keywords: environment, subsidies, prices, revenue, oil
This Selected Issues paper discusses measures to strengthen fiscal policy and budget frameworks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It provides an overview of government's revenue and expenditure developments, and p...
How Large Are Global Energy Subsidies? »
Source: How Large Are Global Energy Subsidies?
Volume/Issue: 2015/105
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): David Coady , Ian Parry , Louis Sears , and Baoping Shang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 18 May 2015
ISBN: 9781513532196
Keywords: energy subsidies, efficient taxation, deadweight loss, revenue, subsidies, tax, vehicle, traffic, subsidy, Demand and Supply
This paper provides a comprehensive, updated picture of energy subsidies at the global and regional levels. It focuses on the broad notion of post-tax energy subsidies, which arise when consumer prices are below su...