## Energy Subsidy Reform (ESRx)

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**Canonical URL:** [Energy Subsidy Reform (ESRx)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2023/esrxol23-140)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 23.140
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 15, 2023 - April 15, 2024 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Program overview
- Title: Energy Subsidy Reform (ESRx) training program.
- Session No.: OL 23.140.
- Status: Deadline passed.
- Location: Course conducted online.
- Date: May 15, 2023 - April 15, 2024 (50 weeks).
- Delivery Method: Online Training.
- Primary Language: English.
- Course offered in English and Arabic.
- Presented jointly by the Institute for Capacity Development and the Fiscal Affairs, Middle East and Central Asia, and Asia and Pacific Departments.

### Qualifications and technical requirements
- Some knowledge of economics would be helpful.
- Basic Microsoft Excel skills are required.
- Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser are essential.

### Target audience
- All government officials are welcome to register.
- Officials in finance, economy, and planning ministries who provide advice on macroeconomic policies or implement policy will find the course particularly beneficial.

### Course description and curriculum focus
- Builds on extensive cross-country analysis and hands-on experience in design of technical assistance and subsidy reform to make recommendations on how best to reduce energy subsidies.
- Introduces the concept of energy subsidies — their definition and measurement — and reviews their economic, social, and environmental implications.
- Presents toolkits to assess the distributional effects of alternative subsidy reform scenarios and to design a fuel pricing mechanism.
- Reviews what works best in energy subsidy reform and illustrates successes and failures in terms of particular countries.

### Course objectives (learning outcomes)
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Explain the concept of energy subsidies and estimate pre- and post-tax subsidies.
- Define corrective energy taxes and explain how to calculate them.
- Describe the economic, social, and environmental impact of energy subsidies.
- Explain how to design robust subsidy reform strategies.
- Design policy responses to mitigate the effects of subsidy reform on inflation and on household welfare.
- Use an Excel-based toolkit to assess the effects of alternative energy subsidy reform scenarios on households in different income groups.
- Design effective fuel pricing mechanisms to mitigate fuel price volatility.

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## References

- [Online 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/ol/2023/esrxol23-140_