Equity and Efficiency in the Reform of Price Subsidies : A Guide for Policymakers /

This text provides guidance to policymakers on how to design and implement sound price-subsidy reforms. It draws on the experience of price-subsidy reform in 28 countries. The authors discuss economic and political considerations and make several recommendations concerning the speed of reform and so...

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Main Author:	Cordoba, Juan Pablo
Other Authors:	Gillingham, Robert F, Gupta, Sanjeev, Mansoor, Ali M, Schiller, Christian, Verhoeven, Marijn
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000
Series:	IMF eLibrary
Subjects:	Absence of social safety nets Bread subsidies Bread subsidy Cash transfer Cash transfers Change in government Compensatory measures Consumer food subsidy Consumer subsidies Consumer subsidy Day care Disabled Elderly Eligibility criteria Energy subsidies Entitlements Family allowances Financial institutions Fiscal affairs department Fiscal affairs Fiscal cost Fiscal economist Fiscal savings Food stamps Food subsidies Food subsidy programs Food subsidy Food supplements Handicapped Housing allowances Implementation of reforms Incidence of poverty Income groups Income transfers Input subsidies International financial institutions Living standards Poverty reduction strategy paper Poverty reduction strategy Price subsidies Price subsidy Prices Producer subsidies Producer subsidy Reform package Reform program Safety net instruments Safety net Safety nets Severance Social assistance programs Social assistance Social benefits Social insurance programs Social insurance Social programs Social protection instruments Social protection mechanisms Social protection programs Social protection Social safety net Social safety nets Social security benefits Social security Social services Subsidies Subsidization Subsidizing Subsidy Targeted social assistance Targeted social programs Transfer benefits Transfer programs Unemployment insurance Unemployment Victims Vulnerable groups Wheat subsidy Indonesia Jordan Sri Lanka Ukraine

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