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The report identifies, quantifies and evaluates measures of government support to two upstream oil and gas developments in the Russian Arctic: Yamal LNG (gas) and Prirazlomnoe (oil). Using Sigra Group’s RusTax-model and information collected from publicly available sources, the analysis demonstrates how the measures of government support to the two projects have altered their economics.

Over 40 per cent of households in India have no access to modern lighting fuels. This study was undertaken to assess and evaluate the pilot project in Kotkasim with a focus on answering the following issues: how the pilot project performed against its stated policy objectives; how the pilot project impacted kerosene-consuming households, including their ability to access the subsidy and effects on household expenditure; and the policy implications for the reform of the kerosene subsidy system more generally.

This paper analyzes the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Mysore, India.

The Government of Bangladesh has committed to ensuring access to affordable and reliable electricity for all citizens by 2021. This report addresses the key priority issues for reform in the energy sector along with an agenda for its progressive implementation. It starts with an overview of energy subsidies in Bangladesh, before surveying the country’s energy sector development plans, with an emphasis on the electricity sector. Finally, the report discusses the important role that energy pricing policy will play in achieving the government’s objectives.

This paper explores the concept of financial sustainability and proposes a framework to analyze electricity sectors based on this model.

Fuel subsidies are a significant fiscal burden in India, costing on average 1.4 per cent of GDP since fiscal year 2008. This paper provides a concise overview of subsidies for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which is widely used as a cooking fuel, particularly in urban areas. The paper also describes recent reforms to LPG subsidies and the impacts of those reforms on consumption, subsidy expenditure and distribution and targeting.

This briefing note examines the relationship between fossil-fuel subsidies and Indonesia's broader policy interventions to promote social welfare.

This briefing note examines the relationship between fossil-fuel subsidies and Indonesia's broader policy interventions to promote social welfare.

Nuclear power will be the featured energy source in the International Energy Agency’s 2014 World Energy Outlook (WEO).1 To gather input, the IEA convened 100 experts in Paris on 31 March for an informal meeting—“The Future of Nuclear Power”—to help shape the three chapters of the upcoming WEO, which is standard reading for all in the energy policy field. The IEA’s Chief Economist, Fatih Birol, introduced the session noting that the WEO was always objective and does not lobby for any energy source or technology.

This study provides a detailed exploration of the events leading up to, during and after the notorious Spanish solar PV bubble—when a sudden and unexpected burst of investment in solar PV led to skyrocketing policy costs, and ultimately resulted in the government taking retroactive measures to reduce the subsidy promised to developers.