## Reforming Fuel Subsidies

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Reforming Fuel Subsidies](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2024/rfsce24-05)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: CE 24.05
- Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Dates: January 28, 2024 - February 1, 2024 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Arabic
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Target audience and qualifications
- 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.
  - Proficiency in Microsoft Excel is desirable.
- Delivery and languages:
  - Delivery Method: In-person Training
  - Primary Language: English
  - Interpretation Language: Arabic

### Course description and scope
- Presented by the Fiscal Affairs Department.
- The course explores:
  - Recent developments in subsidy spending on fuel products.
  - Macroeconomic impact of fuel subsidies.
  - Environmental and social implications of fuel subsidies.
- Emphasis on country-specific case studies to elaborate on key elements of successful reforms.
- Coverage of measures to protect low-income groups adversely affected by lower subsidies.
- Dissemination of tools for:
  - Measuring subsidies.
  - Assessing the distributional impact of subsidy reforms.
  - Alternative fuel pricing mechanisms that can help smooth the transmission of international fuel price changes to domestic prices while protecting the budget.
- Participants may be asked to make presentations on their own country’s experience in setting fuel prices and reforming subsidies.

### Course objectives
- Upon completion, participants should be able to:
  - Explain the different rationales for energy subsidies and how subsidies are measured.
  - Describe the drawbacks of energy subsidies.
  - Identify possible barriers to the reform of fuel subsidies.
  - Design an effective reform strategy drawing on lessons from the experiences of other countries.
  - Use tailored tools to measure fuel subsidies and estimate the impact of a fuel subsidy reform on household welfare, in order to:
    - Inform the design of mitigating measures.
    - Guide the choice of alternative fuel pricing mechanisms.

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## References

- [In-person 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)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2024/rfsce24-05_