Iran’s energy subsidy reform: lessons - and a predicament
After several previous failed attempts at reforming its subsidy system, which dated from its war with Iraq in the 1980s, Iran, in December 2010, implemented reforms that addressed one of its economy’s most enduring distortions. This was made possible because the government built a consensus among th...
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2012
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| description | After several previous failed attempts at reforming its subsidy system, which dated from its war with Iraq in the 1980s, Iran, in December 2010, implemented reforms that addressed one of its economy’s most enduring distortions. This was made possible because the government built a consensus among the public, industry and political figures, across differing political views, about the benefits of subsidy reform: reducing waste and consumption and the secondary benefit of redistributing the country’s energy revenues in a more equitable way. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e5433f2c-8761-43e8-bb32-5d831215f8182022-03-27T10:22:36ZIran’s energy subsidy reform: lessons - and a predicamentJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e5433f2c-8761-43e8-bb32-5d831215f818EnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetOxford Institute for Energy Studies2012Narwani, SAfter several previous failed attempts at reforming its subsidy system, which dated from its war with Iraq in the 1980s, Iran, in December 2010, implemented reforms that addressed one of its economy’s most enduring distortions. This was made possible because the government built a consensus among the public, industry and political figures, across differing political views, about the benefits of subsidy reform: reducing waste and consumption and the secondary benefit of redistributing the country’s energy revenues in a more equitable way. |
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