This brief, co-authored by SEI researchers, gives the Colombian government recommendations on how to fairly wind down its diesel subsidy.
Authors
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.23661/ipb20.2024
- Published in
- Sweden
Table of Contents
- A Strategic Phase-out of Colombia’s Diesel Subsidy to Support the Energy Transition 1
- Summary 1
- The Fuel Price Stabilisation Fund and its deficit 2
- Negotiations with the transport sector: key for advancing diesel subsidy phase-out 3
- Structural challenges in the freight transport sub-sector 4
- Scepticism about the National Development Plan’s visions for the transport sector 4
- Ecopetrol’s role in providing fuel subsidies 5
- Recommendations to phase out the diesel subsidy 5
- Short-term actions to phase out the diesel subsidy 6
- Actions to be taken within the remaining legislation period 7
- Conclusions 8
- References 9
