## Energy Subsidy Reform (ESRx)

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Energy Subsidy Reform (ESRx)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2024/esrxol24-148)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 24.148
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2024 - April 15, 2025 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Course logistics and qualifications
- Session No.: OL 24.148
- Deadline: Deadline passed
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2024 - April 15, 2025 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: English
- Course language availability: English and Arabic
- Target Audience: All government officials; particularly officials in finance, economy, and planning ministries who provide advice on macroeconomic policies or implement policy
- Qualifications and technical requirements:
  - Some knowledge of economics would be helpful
  - Basic Microsoft Excel skills
  - Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser are essential

### Course scope and instructional partners
- Presented jointly by:
  - the Institute for Capacity Development
  - the Fiscal Affairs Department
  - Middle East and Central Asia Department
  - Asia and Pacific Department
- Focus: design of technical assistance and subsidy reform to make recommendations on how best to reduce energy subsidies

### Core content and analytical tools
- Introduces the concept of energy subsidies, including:
  - definition and measurement of energy subsidies
  - estimation of pre- and post-tax subsidies
- Reviews implications of energy subsidies:
  - economic implications
  - social implications
  - environmental implications
- Presents toolkits and analytical instruments:
  - toolkits to assess distributional effects of alternative subsidy reform scenarios
  - an Excel-based toolkit to assess the effects of alternative energy subsidy reform scenarios on households in different income groups
  - toolkits to design a fuel pricing mechanism and to mitigate fuel price volatility

### Learning objectives and competencies
Upon completion of the 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)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2024/esrxol24-148_