The Socioeconomic Impacts of Energy Reform in Tunisia: A Simulation Approach

Jose Cuesta, AbdelRahmen El Lahga () and Gabriel Lara Ibarra

Chapter Chapter 4 in The Quest for Subsidy Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa Region, 2017, pp 91-117 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Tunisia’s improvements in monetary poverty have not translated into substantive reductions in disparities and unequal opportunities across individuals and regions. Poverty incidence declined from 35% in 2000 to 15% in 2010 (INS, BAD, and World Bank in Mesure de la pauvreté, des inégalités et de la polarisation en Tunisie 2000–2010, 2012). Rapid growth rates and generous universal subsidies, especially on energy, food, and transport, contributed to that successful poverty reduction, but did not have a similar effect on reducing inequalities.

Keywords: Gross Domestic Product; Gini Coefficient; Energy Price; Poor Quintile; Food Subsidy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-52926-4_4

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