The Road Not Taken?
Several countries in East Asia have increased fossil fuel subsidies to keep consumer prices lower than currently high international prices. These subsidies are discouraging the shift in consumption away from fossil fuels, while high prices are encouraging investment in new fossil fuel infrastructure. Providing income transfers instead of price subsidies would encourage consumption of cleaner alternatives, while softening the welfare loss. And subsidizing investment in renewables would avert the risk of being locked in to fossil fuels. The total cost need not be higher than that of fossil fuel subsidies.
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Brief biblioteca |
| Language: | English English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2022-11-17
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| Subjects: | FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES, CLEAN ENERGY INCOME TRANSFER, SUBSIDIZING INVESTMENT IN RENEWABLES, ENERGY POLICY REFORM, CLEAN ENERGY PROMOTION, CONSUMER SUBSIDY, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099531111162236219/IDU0a4c631d305bfb04cc5096590546f0c9b1379 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/38329 |
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