Energy subsidies in Latin America and the Caribbean : stocktaking and policy challenges /

The oil price decline creates an opportunity to dismantle energy subsidies, which escalated with high oil prices. This paper assesses energy subsidies in Latin America and the Caribbean---about 1.8 percent of GDP in 2011--13 (approximately evenly split between fuel and electricity), and about 3.8 pe...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Department
Otros Autores: Di Bella, Gabriel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2015.
Colección:IMF working paper ; WP/15/30.
Temas:
Natural resources > Latin America.
Energy industries > Latin America.
Fiscal policy > Latin America.
Government business enterprises > Latin America.
Natural resources > Caribbean Area.
Energy industries > Caribbean Area.
Fiscal policy > Caribbean Area.
Government business enterprises > Caribbean Area.
Ressources naturelles > Amérique latine.
Industries énergétiques > Amérique latine.
Politique fiscale > Amérique latine.
Entreprises publiques > Amérique latine.
Ressources naturelles > Caraïbes (Région)
Industries énergétiques > Caraïbes (Région)
Politique fiscale > Caraïbes (Région)
Entreprises publiques > Caraïbes (Région)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Energy industries.
Fiscal policy.
Government business enterprises.
Natural resources.
Caribbean Area.
Latin America.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Executive Summary; I. Introduction; Figures; 1. Energy Subsidies: A Global Perspective (Percent of GDP); II. Taking Stock of Energy Subsidies in LAC countries; Tables; 1. Pre-tax Energy Subsidies (Percent of GDP, average 2011-13); 2. Pre-tax Energy Subsidies (Percent of GDP, average 2011-13; 2. Energy Subsidies and Economic Size (Average 2011-13); A. Fuel Subsidies in LAC; 3. Fuel Subsidies and Energy Richness (Average 2011-13); 4. Gasoline and Diesel Prices Including Taxes; 3. Selected Fuel Price Practices and Financing Regimes in LAC; B. Electricity Subsidies in LAC.
  • 4. Selected Electricity Price Practices and Financing Regimes in LACIII. Policy Challenges for LAC Arising from Energy Subsidies; A. Fiscal Costs; 5. Electricity Subsidies and Measures of Electricity Performance (Average 2011-13); 6. Energy Subsidies and Fiscal Deficits (Percent of GDP, Average 2011-13); B. Fiscal Transparency; 7. Energy Subsidies and Fiscal Revenues (Average 2011-13); C. The Energy Value Chain, SOEs, and Competitiveness; 8. Gasoline and Diesel Prices Net of Taxes; D. External Vulnerabilities; 9. Current Account and Oil Trade Balances.
  • E. Household Welfare and Income Distribution10. Energy Subsidies and Fiscal Spending (Average 2011-13); F. Environmental and other Negative Externalities; IV. How and When to Reform Subsidy Policy? Experience from LAC countries; 11. Fuel Taxation and Negative Externalities (Current Excise Minus Corrective Tax, US/Liter, 2010); A. How to Rationalize Subsidies?; B. When to Rationalize Subsidies?; Annexes; I: Country Groupings; II: Data Sources; III: A Summary of Energy Policies in LAC countries; Boxes; 1. Measuring Fuel Subsidies by the Price-Gap Approach; 2. Measuring Electricity Subsidies.
  • 3. Energy Subsidies and Country Characteristics4. The Petrocaribe Arrangement; References.

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