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  "title": "Energy Subsidy Reform in Libya: Libya",
  "publication": "Selected Issues Papers, July 11, 2025",
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  "summary": "Energy subsidies have become a significant burden on government finances in Libya. The pervasive nature of subsidies has led to rampant corruption, smuggling, and a diversion of resources from essential public services.",
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      "heading": "Summary findings",
      "content": "- Energy subsidies have become a significant burden on government finances in Libya.\n- The pervasive nature of subsidies has led to rampant corruption, smuggling, and a diversion of resources from essential public services.\n- Removing subsidies without mitigation risks inflation and welfare loss for vulnerable households."
    },
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      "heading": "Barriers to reform",
      "content": "- Opposition from vested interest groups.\n- Public apprehension regarding inflation and welfare loss.\n- Entrenched smuggling and corruption networks tied to subsidized energy flows."
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    {
      "heading": "Proposed reform plan and measures",
      "content": "- Phased approach to subsidy removal to manage transition risks.\n- Comprehensive communication plan to build public support and explain reform sequencing and benefits.\n- Social protection measures to mitigate adverse effects of subsidy removal on vulnerable households."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Intended outcomes",
      "content": "- Transition towards a more sustainable framework for energy pricing.\n- Support for macroeconomic stability through reduced fiscal burden from subsidies."
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      "content": "- Pages: 13\n- Volume: 2025\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229017121.018\n- Issue: 094\n- Series: Selected Issues Paper No. 2025/094\n- Stock No: SIPEA2025094\n- ISBN: 9798229017121\n- ISSN: 2958-7875\n\nMona S ElShazly. \"Energy Subsidy Reform in Libya: Libya\", Selected Issues Papers 2025, 094 (2025).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Energy Subsidy Reform in Libya; IMF Selected Issues Paper No. 2025/094; May 30, 2025\n  - Energy Subsidy Reform in Libya; IMF Selected Issues Paper No. 2025/094; May 30, 2025 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Energy Subsidy Reform in Libya; IMF Selected Issues Paper No. 2025/094; May 30, 2025 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/selected-issues-papers/issues/2025/07/12/energy-subsidy-reform-in-libya-568564"
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    "Authors: Mona S ElShazly",
    "Published: July 11, 2025",
    "Series: Selected Issues Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229017121.018",
    "Energy subsidies have become a significant burden on government finances in Libya.",
    "The pervasive nature of subsidies has led to rampant corruption, smuggling, and a diversion of resources from essential public services.",
    "Removing subsidies without mitigation risks inflation and welfare loss for vulnerable households.",
    "Opposition from vested interest groups.",
    "Public apprehension regarding inflation and welfare loss.",
    "Entrenched smuggling and corruption networks tied to subsidized energy flows.",
    "Phased approach to subsidy removal to manage transition risks.",
    "Comprehensive communication plan to build public support and explain reform sequencing and benefits.",
    "Social protection measures to mitigate adverse effects of subsidy removal on vulnerable households.",
    "Transition towards a more sustainable framework for energy pricing.",
    "Support for macroeconomic stability through reduced fiscal burden from subsidies.",
    "Pages: 13",
    "Volume: 2025",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229017121.018",
    "Issue: 094",
    "Series: Selected Issues Paper No. 2025/094",
    "Stock No: SIPEA2025094",
    "ISBN: 9798229017121",
    "ISSN: 2958-7875",
    "**Energy Subsidy Reform in Libya; IMF Selected Issues Paper No. 2025/094; May 30, 2025**"
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