This supplement presents country case studies reviewing energy subsidy reform experiences, which are the basis for the reform lessons identified in the main pap

Energy subsidies are aimed at protecting consumers, however, subsidies aggravate fiscal imbalances, crowd out priority public spending, and depress private inve

This book proposes a simple framework for understanding the political economy of subsidy reform and applies it to four in-depth country studies covering more th

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

The reform of energy subsidies is an important but challenging issue for sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. There is a relatively large theoretical and empiri