## 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/2026/esrxol26-132)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 26.132
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: Arabic
- Status: Apply online by April 1, 2027

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### Overview
- Session No.: OL 26.132
- Course title: Energy Subsidy Reform
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Primary Language: Arabic
- 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 required.
- Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser is essential.

### Target Audience
- All government officials are welcome to register.
- Particularly beneficial for officials in finance, economy, and planning ministries who provide advice on macroeconomic policies or implement policy.

### Course Description and Scope
- The online course 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.
- The course:
  - Introduces the concept of energy subsidies — their definition and measurement.
  - Reviews economic, social, and environmental implications of energy subsidies.
  - Presents toolkits to assess distributional effects of alternative subsidy reform scenarios.
  - Presents methodologies to design a fuel pricing mechanism.
  - Reviews what works best in energy subsidy reform and illustrates successes and failures through particular country examples.

### Core Skills, Tools, and Policy Focus
- Use of an Excel-based toolkit to assess the effects of alternative energy subsidy reform scenarios on households in different income groups.
- Design of fuel pricing mechanisms to mitigate fuel price volatility.
- Design of subsidy reform strategies and policy responses to mitigate effects on inflation and household welfare.

### Course Objectives (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)
- [Apply Now](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.132A)
- [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/2026/esrxol26-132_