MENA economic monitor : corrosive subsidies : Bulletin trimestriel d'information economique de la region MENA : subventions corrosives (French)

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region is home to 5.5 percent of the world's population, 3.3 percent of its GDP and 48 percent of its energy subsidies. Covering petroleum products, natural gas and electricity, these subsidies are prevalent in oil-importing and oil-exporting countries. Introduced in the 1970s to protect the population from spikes in world oil prices, energy subsidies in MENA have grown to become significant proportions of countries'...

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Devarajan,Shantayanan;

Mottaghi,Lili;

Iqbal,Farrukh;

Mundaca,Bertha Gabriela C.;

Laursen, Maria;

Vagliasindi,Maria;

Commander,Simon John;

Chaal-Dabi,Isabelle;
Document Date
2014/10/01
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
91210
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Middle East and North Africa,
Region
Middle East and North Africa,
Disclosure Date
2014/11/07
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Bulletin trimestriel d'information economique de la region MENA : subventions corrosives
Keywords
energy subsidies

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Devarajan,Shantayanan; Mottaghi,Lili; Iqbal,Farrukh; Mundaca,Bertha Gabriela C.; Laursen, Maria; Vagliasindi,Maria; Commander,Simon John; Chaal-Dabi,Isabelle.

MENA economic monitor : corrosive subsidies : Bulletin trimestriel d'information economique de la region MENA : subventions corrosives (French). Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Economic Monitor Washington, DC : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/457091468275713882

MENA economic monitor : corrosive subsidies : Bulletin trimestriel d'information economique de la region MENA : subventions corrosives (French)

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