• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Balancing act : cutting energy subsidies while protecting affordability
  • Contains: AcknowledgmentsAcronyms and abbreviations -- Overview -- Introduction -- Costs, subsidies and household tariffs : the status of reforms in the energy sector in ECA -- Household energy consumption patterns are unlikely to change in the short run -- Energy tariff increases can significantly affect the livelihoods of large segments of the population -- Helping households cope and adapt requires more effective social assistance and demand management -- Balancing fiscal and social sustainability in the energy sector is possible -- Addressing the social impact of energy subsidy removal through ESAS requires significant resources -- Methodological annexes -- Methodological appendix A -- Methodological appendix B -- Methodological appendix C -- Methodological appendix D -- References.
  • Contributor: Ruggeri Laderchi, Caterina [Author]; Olivier, Anne [Other]; Trimble, Chris [Other]
  • Published: Washington, DC: World Bank, 2013
    2014
  • Published in: Eastern Europe and Central Asia reports
  • Extent: Online-Ressource
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9789-3
  • ISBN: 9780821397893
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  • Keywords: Electric utilities Rates Asia, Central ; Electric utilities Rates Europe, Eastern ; Petroleum products Prices Asia, Central ; Petroleum products Prices Europe, Eastern ; Power resources Asia, Central Finance ; Power resources Europe, Eastern Finance ; Electric utilities ; Petroleum products ; Power resources
  • Reproduction series: World Bank eLibrary
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references