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Appendix 2 Good Practices in Retail Fuel Price-Setting Mechanisms32 »
Source: Energy Subsidy Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa : Experiences and Lessons
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Trevor Alleyne , and Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 August 2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
Keywords: Cross country analysis, Electric power, Energy sector, Energy taxes, Oil prices, Fiscal reforms, Gasoline prices, Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsidies, electricity
The most sustainable schemes for domestic pricing of petroleum products would be either full liberalization or transparent and simple automatic adjustment mechanisms for administered prices. Coady and others...
Appendix 1: Survey of Fuel and Electricity Subsidies in Sub-Saharan Africa29 »
Source: Energy Subsidy Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa : Experiences and Lessons
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Trevor Alleyne , and Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 August 2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
Keywords: Cross country analysis, Electric power, Energy sector, Energy taxes, Oil prices, Fiscal reforms, Gasoline prices, Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsidies, electricity
This apppendix summarizes the results of a survey on fuel and electricity subsidies in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries based on the responses to a questionnaire circulated to International Monetary Fund...
Chapter 1. Case Studies in Fuel Subsidy Reform »
Source: Energy Subsidy Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa : Experiences and Lessons
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Trevor Alleyne , and Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 August 2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
Keywords: Cross country analysis, Electric power, Energy sector, Energy taxes, Oil prices, Fiscal reforms, Gasoline prices, Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsidies, electricity
Ghana 33 Context Ghana is a country of over 24 million people, rich in natural resources, including arab...
Chapter 2. Case Studies of Electricity Subsidy Reform »
Source: Energy Subsidy Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa : Experiences and Lessons
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Trevor Alleyne , and Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 August 2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
Keywords: Cross country analysis, Electric power, Energy sector, Energy taxes, Oil prices, Fiscal reforms, Gasoline prices, Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsidies, electricity
Kenya 40 Context With an expanding economy (Table 6), Kenya has experienced a substantial increase in en...
Chapter 4. Conclusion »
Source: Structural Transformation in Employment and Productivity : What Can Africa Hope For?
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Louise Fox , Alun Thomas , and Cleary Haines
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 April 2017
ISBN: 9781475583397
Keywords: Employment, Productivity, Structural adjustment, Structural transformation, Sub Saharan Africa
Structural transformation in output and employment in sub-Saharan Africa has become a major concern of development economists. This is because analysis of past trends suggests that while the output transform...
Chapter 2. Electricity Sector Reform: Lessons and Policy Options13 »
Source: Energy Subsidy Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa : Experiences and Lessons
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Trevor Alleyne , and Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 August 2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
Keywords: Cross country analysis, Electric power, Energy sector, Energy taxes, Oil prices, Fiscal reforms, Gasoline prices, Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsidies, electricity
Introduction SSA faces chronic power problems, including insufficient generation capacity, low access, poor reliability, and high costs and tariffs. The combined power generation cap...
Chapter 1. Energy Subsidies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): Stylized Facts »
Source: Energy Subsidy Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa : Experiences and Lessons
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Trevor Alleyne , and Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 August 2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
Keywords: Cross country analysis, Electric power, Energy sector, Energy taxes, Oil prices, Fiscal reforms, Gasoline prices, Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsidies, electricity
Recent Developments in Fuel Pricing and Fiscal Implications 1 International oil and oil products prices rose sharply in 2003–2012 in tw...
Chapter 3. Lessons Learned from Attempts to Reform Energy Subsidies28 »
Source: Energy Subsidy Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa : Experiences and Lessons
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Trevor Alleyne , and Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 August 2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
Keywords: Cross country analysis, Electric power, Energy sector, Energy taxes, Oil prices, Fiscal reforms, Gasoline prices, Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsidies, electricity
Although the economics make a compelling case for subsidy reform, experience shows that political constraints have often prevented or derailed reform. Understanding the political economy behind stalled refor...
Chapter 1. Output, Demographic, and Employment Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia »
Source: Structural Transformation in Employment and Productivity : What Can Africa Hope For?
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Louise Fox , Alun Thomas , and Cleary Haines
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 April 2017
ISBN: 9781475583397
Keywords: Employment, Productivity, Structural adjustment, Structural transformation, Sub Saharan Africa
Structural transformation has become a widely used macroeconomic measure of the quality of the economic development process. 1 It is widely accepted that in order for it to happen...
Chapter 3. Projecting Output, Employment, and Productivity Forward through 2020 »
Source: Structural Transformation in Employment and Productivity : What Can Africa Hope For?
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Louise Fox , Alun Thomas , and Cleary Haines
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 April 2017
ISBN: 9781475583397
Keywords: Employment, Productivity, Structural adjustment, Structural transformation, Sub Saharan Africa
This chapter uses the previously developed output and employment projections and analyzes what they mean for medium-term structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa. The methodology for the projections i...