Publication: Tools to Understand Social Issues in Energy Tariff and Subsidy Reforms in Europe and Central Asia
Date
2015-01
ISSN
Published
2015-01
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This toolkit aims to help World Bank
task teams working on energy subsidy and tariff reforms to
develop qualitative analysis tools. The tools that are
described in this document can help task teams to better
understand and address social and political challenges
related to these reforms, including impacts of reforms and
political economy constraints. This toolkit shares lessons
and research tools developed during analyses of energy
tariff and subsidy reforms in ECA. In FY13-FY14 alone, the
World Bank has been involved in providing guidance to over
fourteen countries in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA)
region on these reforms. World Bank assistance to ECA
countries ranges from advice on the design of energy sector
policies to understanding and mitigating poverty and social
impacts. This toolkit presents a practical guide to applying
the two sets of tools described above. Chapter two presents
a brief overview of the types of social and political
challenges in energy tariff reforms that motivate the use of
qualitative and stakeholder or political economy
assessments. Chapter three provides a step-by-step guide to
conducting qualitative assessments and stakeholder analyses
of energy tariff reforms based on the ECA experience. Annex
one contains Terms of Reference (TORs) for all analytical
tools described in the Toolkit. Annex two provides a
reference table to case studies of PEAs of energy subsidy
and tariff reforms conducted by the World Bank.
Citation
“World Bank. 2015. Tools to Understand Social Issues in Energy Tariff and Subsidy Reforms in Europe and Central Asia. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22095 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”