Targeted social assistance for heating – historical experience and development perspectives for limiting energy poverty in Bulgaria

Georgi Shopov () and Teodora Peneva

Economic Thought journal, 2018, issue 6, 3-34, 35-62

Abstract: The aim of the article is to provide guidance on how to optimize targeted social assistance mechanisms for heating in the broader context of the need to pursue a national policy for the reduction of energy poverty. The research tasks are: to summarize Bulgaria's historical experience in providing targeted social aid for heating after 1995; to evaluate its strengths and weaknesses; to outline possible solutions and guidelines for the development of social protection in this area in the context of reducing energy poverty.

JEL-codes: I30 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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