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  "title": "Case Studies on Energy Subsidy Reform—Lessons and Implications - Supplement",
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  "summary": "This supplement presents country case studies reviewing energy subsidy reform experiences, which are the basis for the reform lessons identified in the main paper.",
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      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Publication date: January 28, 2013\n- This supplement presents country case studies reviewing energy subsidy reform experiences that underpin the reform lessons identified in the main paper.\n- Selection criteria for case studies:\n  - Availability of data and previously documented evidence on country-specific reforms.\n  - Geographic and outcome diversity across reforms."
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      "heading": "Coverage and scope",
      "content": "- Total case studies: 22 country case studies.\n- Countries covered: 19 countries.\n- Regional distribution:\n  - seven from sub-Saharan Africa\n  - two in developing Asia\n  - three in the Middle East and North Africa\n  - four in Latin America and the Caribbean\n  - three in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS\n- Organization by energy product:\n  - 14 studies of the reform of petroleum product subsidies\n  - seven studies of the reform of electricity subsidies\n  - one case study of subsidy reform for coal\n- Rationale: The larger number of studies on fuel subsidies reflects the wider availability of data and past studies for these reforms."
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      "heading": "Structure of individual case studies",
      "content": "Each case study follows a similar structure:\n- Context of the reform and a description of the reforms implemented.\n- Discussion of the impact of the reform on energy prices or subsidies and its success or failure.\n- Mitigating measures implemented to generate public support and offset adverse effects on the poor.\n- Identification of lessons for designing reforms."
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      "content": "- Background papers\n- Cross country analysis\n- Electric power\n- Energy sector\n- Energy taxes\n- Fiscal reforms\n- Oil\n- Subsidies"
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    "Series: Policy Papers",
    "Publication date: January 28, 2013",
    "This supplement presents country case studies reviewing energy subsidy reform experiences that underpin the reform lessons identified in the main paper.",
    "Selection criteria for case studies:",
    "Total case studies: 22 country case studies.",
    "Countries covered: 19 countries.",
    "Regional distribution:",
    "Organization by energy product:",
    "Rationale: The larger number of studies on fuel subsidies reflects the wider availability of data and past studies for these reforms.",
    "Context of the reform and a description of the reforms implemented.",
    "Discussion of the impact of the reform on energy prices or subsidies and its success or failure.",
    "Mitigating measures implemented to generate public support and offset adverse effects on the poor.",
    "Identification of lessons for designing reforms.",
    "Background papers",
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    "Fiscal reforms",
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