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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 I Hydrocarbon- and Mineral-Rich Countries, 2000–05 »
Source: Guide on Resource Revenue Transparency (2007)
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 October 2007
ISBN: 9781589064638
Keywords: fiscal policy, eiti, fiscal transparency, fiscal regime, resource-rich countries
Table 1. Hydrocarbon-Rich Countries, 2000–05 1, 2...

Appendix II Revised Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency (2007) »
Source: Guide on Resource Revenue Transparency (2007)
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 October 2007
ISBN: 9781589064638
Keywords: fiscal policy, eiti, fiscal transparency, fiscal regime, resource-rich countries
I. Clarity of Roles and Responsibilities 1.1 The government sector should be distinguished from the rest of the public sector and from the rest of the economy, and policy and managem...

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: Mauritius (1992–95)*...

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 prod...

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
17. Based on the above discussion, policymakers should do the following to the extent information is available: 10 18. Assess the nature of existing subsidies—t...

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...

Guide on Resource Revenue Transparency (2007) »
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 October 2007
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589064638.069
ISBN: 9781589064638
Keywords: fiscal policy, eiti, fiscal transparency, fiscal regime, resource-rich countries
The Guide on Resource Revenue Transparency applies the principles of the revised IMF Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency (‘the Code') to the unique set of transparency problems faced by countries that der...