IMF Staff Country Reports

Mali: Technical Assistance Report - Automatic Fuel Pricing Mechanism

February 4, 2014

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Mali: Technical Assistance Report - Automatic Fuel Pricing Mechanism, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed September 18, 2024

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Summary

This Technical Assistance Report on Mali discusses automatic pricing mechanism options and identifies issues that need to be addressed for the application of such a mechanism. Mali stands to benefit from moving from the current discretionary approach to fuel product pricing to a transparent and automatic price adjustment mechanism. Although smoothing can help to mitigate the adverse impact of price increases and volatile international fuel prices, additional supporting policies are warranted. In particular, an effective safety net is required to protect the poorest and most vulnerable groups from the adverse impacts of sizeable domestic fuel price increases.

Subject: Fuel prices, Import prices, Inflation, Price adjustments, Price structures, Prices

Keywords: Cost component, CR, Fuel price, Fuel prices, Import cost, Import prices, Inflation, ISCR, Pass-through methodology, Price, Price adjustments, Price band, Price change, Price structures, Rate, Retail price, TIPP rate, Transportation cost, Volatility indicator

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    36

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2014/031

  • Stock No:

    1MLIEA2014001

  • ISBN:

    9781475565379

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

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