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Fuel Price Subsidies in Gabon : : Fiscal Cost and Distributional Impact / / Daniel Leigh, Moataz El-Said



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Autore: Leigh Daniel Visualizza persona
Titolo: Fuel Price Subsidies in Gabon : : Fiscal Cost and Distributional Impact / / Daniel Leigh, Moataz El-Said Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (17 p.)
Soggetto topico: Fuel - Prices - Government policy - Gabon
Subsidies - Gabon
Inflation
Macroeconomics
Public Finance
Energy: Demand and Supply
Prices
Price Level
Deflation
Macroeconomics: Consumption
Saving
Wealth
Aggregate Factor Income Distribution
Energy industries & utilities
Fuel prices
Energy subsidies
Consumption
Income
Expenditures, Public
Economics
Soggetto geografico: Gabon
Altri autori: El-SaidMoataz  
Note generali: "October 2006".
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. THE MAGNITUDE OF FUEL PRICE SUBSIDIES IN GABON""; ""III. COMPARISON WITH SELECTED DEVELOPING AND EMERGING MARKET COUNTRIES""; ""IV. DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT OF FUEL PRICE SUBSIDIES""; ""V. MITIGATING THE EFFECT OF PRICE INCREASES ON THE POOR""; ""VI. CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""
Sommario/riassunto: This paper looks at the fiscal cost and distributional impact of implicit fuel price subsidies in Gabon, where fuel prices have remained largely unchanged since 2002. Using estimated implicit import parity prices, we evaluate the total fiscal cost of the subsidies at 3.2 percent of non-oil GDP in 2005-more than total public health expenditures. We also analyze the distribution of the subsidies using household survey data and find that the bulk of the subsidies benefit higher-income households. Finally, we suggest use of a number of existing programs to provide a more targeted and cost-effective means of protecting the real incomes of lower-income households from the effects of energy price increases.
Titolo autorizzato: Fuel Price Subsidies in Gabon  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4623-0741-8
1-4527-9655-6
1-283-51202-5
9786613824479
1-4519-0956-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910788416103321
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Serie: IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; ; No. 2006/243