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Presents a comparative analysis of subsidies and subsidy reforms in the Middle East and North Africa region
Analyzes the impacts of subsidy reforms by utilizing data from country case studies
Studies the results of these case studies in a way that paves the way for sustainable reforms that can be implemented in several countries in the region
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Natural Resource Management and Policy (NRMP, volume 42)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Country Case Studies
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book is an analysis of energy and food subsidies in the MENA region between 2010 and 2014. Using the World Bank’s proprietary SUBSIM model, the book studies the distribution of subsidies and the simulation of subsidy reforms across eight countries within in a partial equilibrium framework. The distributional analysis of subsidies provides information on who benefits from existing subsidies, while the simulations of subsidy reforms provide information on the outcomes of the reforms in terms of government budget, household welfare, poverty, inequality, and the trade-offs between these outcomes. This focus provides governments with the essential information they need to make decisions on subsidy reforms and consumers with a clear sense of which programs and reforms are successful.
The book highlights the historical roots of subsidies, the real trigger of subsidy reforms, and the complexity of subsidy reforms. It discusses the pros and cons of radical and gradualist approaches to reforms, the use of compensation mechanisms and their implications, the advantages and disadvantages of public information campaigns, the political economy of targeting different economic populations, the political timing of reforms, and whether, overall, the reforms observed in the MENA region have been successful. The first book on subsidies in the MENA region that is based on primary micro data, this book is useful for researchers and graduate students studying political economy and working with microsimulation modelling instruments as well as government officials engaged in subsidies reforms, research institutes and private consulting groups advising governments on subsidy reforms.Keywords
- Middle East
- North Africa
- subsidy reform
- cross-country comparison
- World Bank
- political economy
- open access
Editors and Affiliations
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The World Bank, Washington, USA
Paolo Verme
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University of Laval, Quebec, Canada
Abdlekrim Araar
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Quest for Subsidy Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa Region
Book Subtitle: A Microsimulation Approach to Policy Making
Editors: Paolo Verme, Abdlekrim Araar
Series Title: Natural Resource Management and Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52926-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-52925-7
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85017-7
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-52926-4
Series ISSN: 0929-127X
Series E-ISSN: 2511-8560
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XLIII, 325
Number of Illustrations: 90 b/w illustrations
Topics: Economic Policy, Environmental Economics, Agricultural Economics, International Political Economy’