## Reforming Fuel Subsidies

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Reforming Fuel Subsidies](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/rfsce26-10)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/rfsce26-10/index.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/rfsce26-10/index.json)
- [Bundle manifest](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/rfsce26-10/bundle-manifest.json)

## Bibliographic details
- Session: CE 26.10
- Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Dates: February 8-12, 2026 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Arabic
- Status: Deadline passed

---

### Training program overview
- Session No.: CE 26.10
- Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Date: February 8-12, 2026 (1 week) New dates
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: Arabic
- Presented by: Fiscal Affairs Department

### 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.

### Course description — scope and content
- Explores recent developments in subsidy spending on fuel products, their macroeconomic impact, and the environmental and 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.
- Disseminates tools for:
  - Measuring subsidies.
  - Assessing the distributional impact of fuel subsidy reforms.
  - Evaluating 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
- 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 and guide the choice of alternative fuel pricing mechanisms.

---


## 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)
- [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/ce/2026/rfsce26-10_