Residential Electricity Subsidies in Pakistan
This paper examines the economic and social implications of the current system of residential electricity subsidies in Pakistan, and assesses the potential to improve the system's outcomes through alternative targeting and program design. The analysis is multi-disciplinary in nature, drawing on national household survey data, electric company data on household electricity consumption, a welfare database, and a specially commissioned qualitative assessment of household and service provider attitudes and experiences. Affordability is only one of many concerns among electricity users, with reliability of supply and customer service being arguably more important. The analysis finds that targeting could be improved considerably by allocating subsidies according to proxy-means test scores using an existing national proxy-means test database. Providing a flat credit rather than a price subsidy could also alleviate certain governance concerns. The paper concludes with some guidance on how to carry out these reforms based on international experience.
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dig-okr-10986258112024-08-30T09:55:42Z Residential Electricity Subsidies in Pakistan Targeting, Welfare Impacts, and Options for Reform Walker, Thomas Canpolat, Ezgi Khan, Farah Khalid Kryeziu, Adea electric utilities subsidies safety nets welfare targeting subsidy reform This paper examines the economic and social implications of the current system of residential electricity subsidies in Pakistan, and assesses the potential to improve the system's outcomes through alternative targeting and program design. The analysis is multi-disciplinary in nature, drawing on national household survey data, electric company data on household electricity consumption, a welfare database, and a specially commissioned qualitative assessment of household and service provider attitudes and experiences. Affordability is only one of many concerns among electricity users, with reliability of supply and customer service being arguably more important. The analysis finds that targeting could be improved considerably by allocating subsidies according to proxy-means test scores using an existing national proxy-means test database. Providing a flat credit rather than a price subsidy could also alleviate certain governance concerns. The paper concludes with some guidance on how to carry out these reforms based on international experience. 2017-01-05T15:57:43Z 2017-01-05T15:57:43Z 2016-12 Working Paper Document de travail Documento de trabajo http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/918461481635891184/Residential-electricity-subsidies-in-Pakistan-targeting-welfare-impacts-and-options-for-reform https://hdl.handle.net/10986/25811 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7912 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC |
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This paper examines the economic and
social implications of the current system of residential
electricity subsidies in Pakistan, and assesses the
potential to improve the system's outcomes through
alternative targeting and program design. The analysis is
multi-disciplinary in nature, drawing on national household
survey data, electric company data on household electricity
consumption, a welfare database, and a specially
commissioned qualitative assessment of household and service
provider attitudes and experiences. Affordability is only
one of many concerns among electricity users, with
reliability of supply and customer service being arguably
more important. The analysis finds that targeting could be
improved considerably by allocating subsidies according to
proxy-means test scores using an existing national
proxy-means test database. Providing a flat credit rather
than a price subsidy could also alleviate certain governance
concerns. The paper concludes with some guidance on how to
carry out these reforms based on international experience. |
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Walker, Thomas Canpolat, Ezgi Khan, Farah Khalid Kryeziu, Adea |
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Residential Electricity Subsidies in Pakistan |
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Residential Electricity Subsidies in Pakistan |
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2016-12 |
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