## Energy Subsidy Reform

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Energy Subsidy Reform](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/esrxol26-135)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 26.135
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Apply online by April 1, 2027 Deadline extended

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### Qualifications and technical requirements
- Some knowledge of economics would be helpful.
- Basic Microsoft Excel skills are essential.
- 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 relevant for officials in finance, economy, and planning ministries who provide advice on macroeconomic policies or implement policy.

### Course description
- Jointly presented by the Institute for Capacity Development and the Fiscal Affairs, Middle East and Central Asia, and Asia and Pacific Departments.
- 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 (upon completion 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=OL26.135E)
- [Integrating Basel III Liquidity Standards with ILAAP A Framework for Effective Liquidity Risk Management](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/ce26-31)
- [Climate in Macroeconomic Framework (CMF)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/cmfat26-22)
- [Big Data for Macroeconomic Statistics (BDMS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/bdmsat26-27)
- [Financial Development and Financial Inclusion (FDFI)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/fdfiat26-24)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/esrxol26-135_