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Phasing Out Subsidies : Recent Experiences with Fuel in Developing Countries

Many developing countries subsidize petroleum products. The doubling of world oil prices since January 2004 has had very high fiscal costs for these countries, increasing public debt and squeezing other government spending. The subsidies have also...

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Main Authors:	Bacon, Robert, Kojima, Masami
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES AGRICULTURE APPROACH AUTOMOTIVE DIESEL CONSUMERS CONTROLLED PRICES DIESEL DOWNSTREAM OIL ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION FAIR FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FUEL FUEL PRICE FUEL PRICE INCREASE FUEL PRICES FUEL SUBSIDIES FUELS GASOLINE INCOME GROUPS INEFFICIENCY INTERNATIONAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL OIL PRICES KEROSENE KILOWATT-HOURS LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS MARKET PRICES NATIONAL OIL NET OIL OIL OIL COMPANY OIL EXPORTERS OIL IMPORTERS OIL PRICES OIL SECTOR PETROLEUM PETROLEUM GAS PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PETROLEUM SECTOR PRICE CEILINGS PRICE CONTROL PRICE INCREASES PRICE LEVELS PRICE SUBSIDIES PRICING POLICIES PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC RELATIONS PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES PUBLICITY PURCHASING REFINED PRODUCTS REFINING RETAIL RETAIL PRICE TAX TAX RATE TAXATION TRANSPORT COSTS WORLD OIL PRICES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/08/7039589/phasing-out-subsidies-recent-experiences-fuel-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11178

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