Documents et rapports

Reforma dos Subsídios aos Combustíveis: Lições da Literatura e Avaliação do Choque de Preços para Diferentes Setores através de uma Matriz de Insumo-Produto no Caso de Angola (portugais)

Os preços globais do petróleo subiram nas últimas décadas, prejudicando significativamente o padrão de vida das famílias. Em resposta ao aumento dos preços, muitos governos introduziram subsídios aos preços...

Fuel Subsidy Reforms : Lessons from the Literature and Assessing the Price Shock for Different Sectors through an Input-Output Table in the Case of Angola (anglais)

Global oil prices have surged in recent decades, significantly hurting household living standards. In response to rising prices, many governments introduced fuel price subsidy to protect the most vulnerable...

The Road Not Taken? : Responding to the Energy Price Shock in East Asia (anglais)

Several countries in East Asia have increased fossil fuel subsidies to keep consumer prices lower than currently high international prices. These subsidies are discouraging the shift in consumption away...

Multiple Price Lists for Willingness to Pay Elicitation (anglais)

Multiple price lists are a convenient tool to elicit willingness to pay in surveys and experiments, but choice patterns such as “multiple switching” and “never switching” indicate high error rates. Existing...

Official Documents- First Amendment to the Loan Agreement for Loan 88450-CI (anglais)

Subsidizing Bottled Gas : Approaches and Effects on Household Use (anglais)

The paper presents the nine country cases and draws lessons in the concluding section. Indonesia, which is the only country in this paper that has retained universal price subsidies to date, is covered...

Incidence of Price Subsidies on Households and Distributional Impact of Reform — Qualitative Methods : Households (anglais)

This is the fourth in the series of ten good practice notes under the Energy Sector Reform Assessment Framework (ESRAF), an initiative of the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) of the...

Angola - First Fiscal Management Development Policy Financing Project (anglais)

The First Fiscal Management Development Policy Financing Project of Angola had an unsatisfactory outcome with a significant risk to development, a moderately unsatisfactory performance by the Bank and...

Assessing the Political Economy of Energy Subsidies to Support Policy Reform Operations : Political Economy (anglais)

This note comes in three sections. First, the information required for political economy analysis of energy subsidy reforms is presented. Second, a summary is given of the information that can usually...

Local Environmental Externalities due to Energy Price Subsidies : A Focus on Air Pollution and Health - Economy and Environment (anglais)

This note aims to provide an overview and guidance on the use of tools to assess the environmental and health effects of changes in the levels of fine particulate matter caused by higher consumption of...

Designing Communication Campaigns for Energy Subsidy Reform : Communication (anglais)

Energy subsidy reform is not a goal in itself, but rather a means of achieving lasting economic and social progress. Communicating with the public and other key stakeholders about the benefits of reform...

Analyzing the Incidence of Consumer Price Subsidies and the Impact of Reform on Households — Quantitative Analysis : Households (anglais)

This note aims to provide guidance on how to assess the distributional implications of energy subsidy reform (ESR) using quantitative methods.It is intended for use by those familiar with the basics of...

Toward Evidence-Based Energy Subsidy Reforms : The Energy Subsidy Reform Assessment Framework (ESRAF) - Overview (anglais)

The Energy Subsidy Reform Assessment Framework (ESRAF) proposes a guide to analyzing energy subsidies, the impacts of subsidies and their reforms, and the political context for reform in developing countries...

Angola - Poverty and social impact analysis : subsidy reform and extension of social protection program (anglais)

As the second largest African oil producer, Angola had unsustainable government expenditures in effect until 2014 due to the drop in international oil prices. The Government responded with a comprehensive...

Remittance prices worldwide report (anglais)

Remittance prices worldwide (RPW) monitors remittance prices across all geographic regions of the world. Launched in September 2008, RPW remains a key tool to monitor the cost incurred by remitters when...

Remittance prices worldwide report (anglais)

Remittance Prices Worldwide (RPW) monitors remittance prices across all geographic regions of the world. Launched in September 2008, RPW remains a key tool to monitor the cost incurred by remitters when...

Remittance prices worldwide report (anglais)

The remittance prices worldwide (RPW) database monitors remittance prices across all geographic regions of the world. RPW was launched by the World Bank in September 2008, and remains a key tool to monitor...

Regional coordinators eleventh meeting : minutes of meeting (March 3, 2014) (anglais)

The eleventh meeting of the international comparison program (ICP) 2011 regional coordinators (RCs) was held on March 3, 2014 at the United Nations in New York. The attendees were the RCs from Africa...

DECPG daily economics and financial market commentary (anglais)

Some of the headings included in this issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) daily economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: financial markets; high-income...

Drawing a roadmap for oil pricing reform (anglais)

In 2011, the median oil imports rose to 5 percent of gross domestic product for net importers. In the past several years, many governments have not passed through the world oil price increases to consumers...