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Expenditure of Low-Income Households on Energy : Evidence from Africa and Asia

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dc.contributor.authorBacon, Robert
dc.contributor.authorBhattacharya, Soma
dc.contributor.authorKojima, Masami
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-13T20:42:49Z
dc.date.available2014-05-13T20:42:49Z
dc.date.issued2010-06
dc.description.abstractPatterns of household energy use and expenditure have been the subject of a large number of studies. Household expenditures on energy-particularly, how much the poor spend-have policy implications for several reasons. First, policies to mitigate or cope with energy price shocks are increasingly focusing on targeted support to low-income households as a way of limiting the fiscal cost of such policies while offering protection to the most vulnerable members of society. Second, for governments looking to reform energy price subsidies, the effects on household welfare- especially effects on poor households-of price increases resulting from subsidy reduction/removal is an important policy consideration. But subsidies for liquid fuels targeting the poor are difficult to design and implement effectively, because liquid fuels tend to be used more by the rich than by the poor, and are also easy to transport (and hence to divert to non-poor users). For this reason, there is a growing recognition of the need to move away from price subsidies for liquid fuels to alternative forms of targeted assistance to compensate the poor for the adverse effects of higher fuel prices. Third, in areas where many households have not yet begun using modern commercial energy regularly, the amount they can afford to pay for such energy services is a relevant question. Quantifying expenditures on different types of energy at varying income levels provides a basis for addressing these questions. The paper also examines expenditures on motorized passenger transport and food, two items for which the price of oil is an important component of their cost structure and which are consequential in the budget of poor households.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/12390075/expenditure-low-income-households-energy-evidence-africa-asia
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/18284
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/18284
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesExtractive industries and development series;no. 16
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
dc.subjectADVERSE EFFECTS
dc.subjectAIR
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTION
dc.subjectAPPROACH
dc.subjectAUTOMOTIVE FUEL
dc.subjectAUTOMOTIVE SECTOR
dc.subjectAVAILABILITY
dc.subjectAVERAGE PRICE
dc.subjectAVERAGE PRICES
dc.subjectBATTERIES
dc.subjectBIOMASS
dc.subjectBIOMASS FUELS
dc.subjectBIOMASS USE
dc.subjectCAR
dc.subjectCAR BATTERIES
dc.subjectCLEAN ENERGY
dc.subjectCLEANER FUELS
dc.subjectCOAL
dc.subjectCOMBUSTION
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL ENERGY
dc.subjectCONGESTION
dc.subjectCOST OF TRANSPORT
dc.subjectCOSTS OF TRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectCRUDE OIL
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION
dc.subjectDIESEL
dc.subjectDIESEL FUEL
dc.subjectDISPOSABLE INCOME
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
dc.subjectDOMESTIC PETROLEUM
dc.subjectDURABLE GOOD
dc.subjectECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subjectELECTRIC APPLIANCES
dc.subjectELECTRICITY
dc.subjectELECTRICITY PRICE
dc.subjectELECTRICITY SUPPLY
dc.subjectENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectENERGY EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectENERGY EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectENERGY PRICE
dc.subjectENERGY PRICES
dc.subjectENERGY PRICING
dc.subjectENERGY PRODUCTS
dc.subjectENERGY SOURCE
dc.subjectENERGY SOURCES
dc.subjectENERGY USE
dc.subjectENFORCEMENT OF REGULATIONS
dc.subjectFIXED CHARGE
dc.subjectFOSSIL
dc.subjectFOSSIL FUEL
dc.subjectFOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION
dc.subjectFOSSIL FUELS
dc.subjectFUEL
dc.subjectFUEL PRICE
dc.subjectFUEL PRICES
dc.subjectFUEL SUBSIDIES
dc.subjectFUEL SWITCHING
dc.subjectFUEL USE
dc.subjectFUELS
dc.subjectGAS
dc.subjectGAS PRICES
dc.subjectGASOLINE
dc.subjectGRID ELECTRICITY
dc.subjectHIGHER ENERGY PRICES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD BUDGETS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD FUEL
dc.subjectHYDROPOWER
dc.subjectKEROSENE
dc.subjectLIQUID FUELS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLNG
dc.subjectMARKET VALUE
dc.subjectNATURAL GAS
dc.subjectOIL
dc.subjectOIL PRICE
dc.subjectOIL PRICES
dc.subjectPASSENGER TRANSPORT
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPETROLEUM
dc.subjectPETROLEUM GAS
dc.subjectPETROLEUM PRICES
dc.subjectPETROLEUM PRODUCTS
dc.subjectPOWER
dc.subjectPOWER GENERATION
dc.subjectPRICE CHANGES
dc.subjectPRICE INCREASES
dc.subjectPRICE OF DIESEL
dc.subjectPRICE OF OIL
dc.subjectPRICE SUBSIDIES
dc.subjectPRICE SUBSIDY
dc.subjectPRICE VARIATION
dc.subjectPRICING POLICIES
dc.subjectPRICING SCHEME
dc.subjectPUBLIC TRANSPORT
dc.subjectPURCHASING
dc.subjectRETAIL
dc.subjectRETAIL PRICES
dc.subjectROAD
dc.subjectROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectRURAL ENERGY
dc.subjectSOLID FUELS
dc.subjectSOURCE OF ENERGY
dc.subjectSUBSTITUTE
dc.subjectSUBSTITUTES
dc.subjectSUBSTITUTION
dc.subjectSUPPLIERS
dc.subjectTRADITIONAL BIOMASS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectTRANSPORT COSTS
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION COSTS
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION FUEL
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION FUELS
dc.subjectTRUE
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.subjectWORLD MARKET
dc.subjectWORLD OIL
dc.titleExpenditure of Low-Income Households on Energy : Evidence from Africa and Asiaen
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okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/12390075/expenditure-low-income-households-energy-evidence-africa-asia
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeEnvironment and Natural Resources
okr.globalpracticeEnergy and Extractives
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.globalpracticeEnergy and Extractives
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000334955_20100608043752
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum12390075
okr.identifier.report54929
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.sectorEnergy and mining :: Oil and gas
okr.sectorEnergy and mining :: General energy sector
okr.topicEnergy::Energy and Environment
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Markets and Market Access
okr.topicTransport Economics Policy and Planning
okr.topicEnergy::Energy Production and Transportation
okr.topicEnvironment::Environment and Energy Efficiency
okr.topicTransport
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