Energy Subsidies and the Path Toward Sustainable Reform in the Arab Republic of Egypt

Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee, Heba El-laithy, Peter Griffin, Kieran Clarke and Mohab Hallouda
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Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee: World Bank
Heba El-laithy: Cairo University
Peter Griffin: World Bank
Kieran Clarke: International Institute for Sustainable Development
Mohab Hallouda: Cairo University

Chapter Chapter 6 in The Quest for Subsidy Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa Region, 2017, pp 157-177 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Energy subsidies have existed in developing countries for a long while. Traditionally, subsidies were put in place to enhance access to modern energy services, protect the poor against high and fluctuating energy prices, foster industrial development, smooth consumption levels, and contain inflationary pressures. In spite of these intentions, energy subsidies have not fulfilled their purpose in many ways.

Keywords: Gross Domestic Product; Energy Price; Social Accounting Matrix; Poor Quintile; Energy Subsidy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-52926-4_6

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