Virtual : Energy Subsidy Reform
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- Session: AT 23.40V
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius
- Dates: July 10-14, 2023 (1 week)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: French Portuguese
- Status: Deadline passed
Training Program / Session Details
- Session No.: AT 23.40 V
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius
- Date: July 10-14, 2023 (1 week)
- Delivery Method: Virtual Training
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: French Portuguese
- Deadline passed
Target Audience
- Mid-level to senior officials at ministries of finance, other ministries, and government agencies involved in setting fuel prices or fuel subsidy policy.
Qualifications
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or a related field.
Course Description
- Presented by the Fiscal Affairs Department.
- Explores recent developments in subsidy spending on fuel products, their macroeconomic impact, and their social implications.
- Builds on country-specific case studies to elaborate on key elements of successful reforms, such as:
- measures to protect low-income groups adversely affected by lower subsidies,
- implementing an automatic pricing mechanism,
- designing an effective communication strategy.
- Participants may be asked to make presentations on their own country's experience in setting fuel prices and reforming subsidies.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Explain the different rationales for energy subsidies and identify possible barriers to the reform of fuel subsidies;
- Estimate the magnitude of fuel subsidies
- Evaluate the distributional implication of fuel subsidies and their reform;
- Design an effective reform strategy drawing on lessons from country experiences with reform;