Publication: Energy Subsidy Reform Assessment Framework: Incidence of Price Subsidies on Households and Distributional Impact of Reform — Qualitative Methods
Date
2019-01-10
ISSN
Published
2019-01-10
Author(s)
Canpolat, Ezgi
Georgieva, Sophia
Abstract
This is the fourth in the series of ten
good practice notes under the Energy Sector Reform
Assessment Framework (ESRAF), an initiative of the Energy
Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) of the World
Bank. ESRAF proposes a guide to analyzing energy subsidies,
the impacts of subsidies and their reforms, and the
political context for reform in developing countries. This
good practice note provides those working on consumer price
subsidy reforms, in particular social scientists, with
hands-on, practical guidance for using certain qualitative
research tools to help fully understand the distributional
impacts of higher prices on households. It focuses primarily
on the direct effects of energy price subsidies (that is,
higher energy prices), which are especially pronounced in
middle-income countries. The good practice note aims to
illustrate how qualitative research tools—focus group
discussions and in-depth interviews—can be utilized in the
context of energy subsidy reforms. By using such tools, this
note aims to guide researchers and policy advisers to better
understand the energy use behavior of households, the
impacts of higher energy prices on their lives, the ways
households may adjust their energy use behavior in response,
and the consequences of such coping strategies.
Citation
“Canpolat, Ezgi; Georgieva, Sophia. 2019. Energy Subsidy Reform Assessment Framework; Energy Subsidy Reform Assessment Framework : Incidence of Price Subsidies on Households and Distributional Impact of Reform — Qualitative Methods. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/31154 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”