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Appendix 3 Examining the Short-Term Impact of Reducing Price Subsidies on Real Household Incomes: An Illustration »
Source: Equity and Efficiency in the Reform of Price Subsidies : A Guide for Policymakers
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Juan Cordoba , Robert Gillingham , Sanjeev Gupta , Ali Mansoor , Christian Schiller , and Marijn Verhoeven
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 December 2000
ISBN: 9781557759733
Keywords: subsidy, price subsidies, social safety nets, social protection
42. This appendix provides two competing pragmatic approaches to estimating the impact of price-subsidy reform on households in the short term....
Appendix 1 List of Examined Countries14 »
Source: Equity and Efficiency in the Reform of Price Subsidies : A Guide for Policymakers
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Juan Cordoba , Robert Gillingham , Sanjeev Gupta , Ali Mansoor , Christian Schiller , and Marijn Verhoeven
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 December 2000
ISBN: 9781557759733
Keywords: subsidy, price subsidies, social safety nets, social protection
Sub-Saharan Africa:...
Appendix 2 The Nature of Price Subsidies »
Source: Equity and Efficiency in the Reform of Price Subsidies : A Guide for Policymakers
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Juan Cordoba , Robert Gillingham , Sanjeev Gupta , Ali Mansoor , Christian Schiller , and Marijn Verhoeven
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 December 2000
ISBN: 9781557759733
Keywords: subsidy, price subsidies, social safety nets, social protection
36. A price subsidy reduces the consumer price of a good or service below what it would be in the absence of the subsidy (consumer subsidy) or increases the price received by a producer above it...
3. Checklist of Economic Considerations in Price-Subsidy Reform9 »
Source: Equity and Efficiency in the Reform of Price Subsidies : A Guide for Policymakers
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Juan Cordoba , Robert Gillingham , Sanjeev Gupta , Ali Mansoor , Christian Schiller , and Marijn Verhoeven
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 December 2000
ISBN: 9781557759733
Keywords: subsidy, price subsidies, social safety nets, social protection
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2. Economic Issues in the Reform of Price Subsidies »
Source: Equity and Efficiency in the Reform of Price Subsidies : A Guide for Policymakers
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Juan Cordoba , Robert Gillingham , Sanjeev Gupta , Ali Mansoor , Christian Schiller , and Marijn Verhoeven
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 December 2000
ISBN: 9781557759733
Keywords: subsidy, price subsidies, social safety nets, social protection
4. Subsidy reform entails price liberalization or adjusting controlled prices of subsidized goods and services, often during macroeconomic adjustment. The economic goals are to correct fiscal imbalances and...
Equity and Efficiency in the Reform of Price Subsidies : A Guide for Policymakers »
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Juan Cordoba , Robert Gillingham , Sanjeev Gupta , Ali Mansoor , Christian Schiller , and Marijn Verhoeven
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 December 2000
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557759733.069
ISBN: 9781557759733
Keywords: subsidy, price subsidies, social safety nets, social protection
This text provides guidance to policymakers on how to design and implement sound price-subsidy reforms. It draws on the experience of price-subsidy reform in 28 countries. The authors discuss economic and political...
Front Matter »
Source: Equity and Efficiency in the Reform of Price Subsidies : A Guide for Policymakers
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Juan Cordoba , Robert Gillingham , Sanjeev Gupta , Ali Mansoor , Christian Schiller , and Marijn Verhoeven
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 December 2000
ISBN: 9781557759733
Keywords: subsidy, price subsidies, social safety nets, social protection
This text provides guidance to policymakers on how to design and implement sound price-subsidy reforms. It draws on the experience of price-subsidy reform in 28 countries. The authors discuss economic and political...
5. Key Lessons »
Source: Equity and Efficiency in the Reform of Price Subsidies : A Guide for Policymakers
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Juan Cordoba , Robert Gillingham , Sanjeev Gupta , Ali Mansoor , Christian Schiller , and Marijn Verhoeven
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 December 2000
ISBN: 9781557759733
Keywords: subsidy, price subsidies, social safety nets, social protection
33. Speed...
1. Overview »
Source: Equity and Efficiency in the Reform of Price Subsidies : A Guide for Policymakers
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Juan Cordoba , Robert Gillingham , Sanjeev Gupta , Ali Mansoor , Christian Schiller , and Marijn Verhoeven
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 December 2000
ISBN: 9781557759733
Keywords: subsidy, price subsidies, social safety nets, social protection
1. The reform of price subsidies has been a key element of IMF-supported programs in many countries. These reforms have brought prices of subsidized items closer to their market-clearing levels and have soug...
4. Political Considerations »
Source: Equity and Efficiency in the Reform of Price Subsidies : A Guide for Policymakers
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Juan Cordoba , Robert Gillingham , Sanjeev Gupta , Ali Mansoor , Christian Schiller , and Marijn Verhoeven
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 December 2000
ISBN: 9781557759733
Keywords: subsidy, price subsidies, social safety nets, social protection
28. When reform targets benefits to truly needy families, less needy families will suffer. The latter families may be part of politically powerful groups. If governments perceive the risk of political fallou...