## Virtual : Energy Subsidy Reform

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**Canonical URL:** [Virtual : Energy Subsidy Reform](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2023/epat23-40v)

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## Bibliographic details
- 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

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### 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;

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## References

- [Virtual Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2023/epat23-40v_