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 …

Energy subsidies have wide-ranging economic consequences. Although they are aimed at
protecting consumers, subsidies aggravate fiscal imbalances, crowd out priority public …

Subsidies on the production and consumption of energy are used widely by governments to
achieve a range of policy objectives. Some developed economy governments for example …

This article provides a review of global energy subsidies—of definitions and estimation
techniques, their type and scope, their drawbacks, and effective ways to reform them. Based …

Poorly implemented energy subsidies are economically costly to taxpayers and damage the
environment. This report aims at providing the emerging lessons form a representative …

The need to reform energy subsidies was one of the pressing issues highlighted at the
World Summit on Sustainable Development. Many types of subsidy, especially those that …

For a transitional economy such as China, some energy subsidies are reasonable, and
sometimes even necessary for achieving social goals. However, with rising energy prices …

Recent studies have identified public subsidies as a principal cause of unsustainable
development. Worldwide, governments are spending up to U950billionayearonsubsidies.Manyofthesepublicsubsidiesfailtoservetheir …

Subsidies for clean energy deployment have become a major component of US federal
energy and climate policy. After a surge in spending under the American Recovery and …

With the recent jump in world oil prices, the issue of petroleum product pricing has become
increasingly important in developing countries. Reflecting a reluctance of many …