From Ambition to Action: Practical Insights on Energy Subsidy Reforms - ESMAP Report (English)

Table of Contents

• Abbreviations 8
• Foreword 9
• References 120
• Appendix B. Innovation at the Energy-Agriculture-Water Nexus in Punjab, India 118
• Appendix A. Overview of World Bank Support to Energy Subsidy Reforms as Part of Development Policy Financing 115
• Areas for Future Analytical and Knowledge Work 111
• Insights into Key Analyses and Technical Assistance 106
• Insights into the Substance of Reforms 101
• The What Next: Strengthening PEA and Communications Support 97
• Conclusions, Takeaways and Future Work Areas 100
• The How: Activity Designs, Findings and Insights 94
• The What: A Review of Recent PEA and Communication Technical Assistance 93
• The Why: Background to the Analysis 93
• The What Next: Areas for Future Work 90
• Technical Assistance for Political Economy Analysis and Communications 92
• The How: Review of Evidence and Insights from Recent Research on Firms 88
• The What: Review of Recent Literature on Energy Price Impacts on Firms 87
• The Why: Background to the Review 87
• The What Next: Key Takeaways from the Stocktaking 83
• Firm-Level Effects of Energy Price Increases 86
• The How: Review of Program Context, Design, and Implementation Approaches 80
• The What: A Global Stocktaking of Cash Transfers and Subsidy Reform 79
• The Why: Background to the Analysis 79
• The What Next: Takeaways from the Review of Practical Applications 76
• Cash Transfers in the Context of Energy Subsidy Reforms 78
• The How: Review of Main Approaches and Practical Applications 72
• The What: Understanding the Distributional Impact of Energy Subsidies 71
• The What Next: Takeaways from the Application of TCP 67
• Distributional Analysis for Energy Subsidy Reforms 70
• The How: Illustrative Calculations of TCP Using Best-Available Data Sets 66
• The What: Assessing Direct and Indirect Carbon Pricing Signals 65
• The Why: Background to the Analysis 65
• The What Next: Key Takeaways and Areas for Future Work 63
• Total Carbon Pricing for Energy Consumption 64
• The How: Observations on Model Designs, Findings, and Contribution to Reforms 61
• The What: Review of Macromodeling Approaches 60
• The Why: Background to the Analysis 59
• The What Next: Key Takeaways and Areas for Future Work 56
• Macroeconomic Modeling for Energy Subsidy Reforms 58
• The How: Review of Approaches to Subsidizing Bottled Gas 54
• The What: Understanding Approaches to Subsidizing Bottled Gas 53
• The Why: Background to the Analysis 53
• The What Next: Considerations for Sector-Specific Analyses 49
• Subsidizing Bottled Gas: Approaches and Effects on Household Use 52
• The How: Deep Dive into Approaches Under Energy Sector Analyses 45
• The What: Stocktaking of ESRF-Funded Activities in the Energy Sector 43
• The Why: Background to the Review 43
• What Next: Key Takeaways and Areas for Future Work 40
• Analytical Foundations for Reforms: Core Energy Sector Analyses 42
• The How: Review of Main Findings and Evidence From Recent Research 38
• The What: Review of Emerging Approaches and Analyses in Energy Subsidy Reform 37
• The Why: Background to the Review 37
• Report Structure 32
• Energy Subsidy Reform: Emerging Approaches and Insights from Recent Research 36
• About This Report: Objectives, Scope, and Approach 31
• Supporting Developing Countries in their Reform Efforts 28
• The Why: Background to the Analysis 71