Fossil-Fuel Subsides: A barrier to renewable energy in five Middle East and...
The paper explores the current status of fossil fuel subsidies and renewable energy in five Middle East and North African (MENA) countries – Egypt, Jordon, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia. For each country,...
View ArticleRecent Developments in Egypt’s Fuel Subsidy Reform Process (IISD)
In July 2014, Egypt introduced long-awaited energy subsidy cuts. These had been in the pipeline for over five years, but repeatedly delayed. This paper seeks to outline the background to Egypt’s move,...
View ArticleFossil fuel subsidy and pricing policies : recent developing country...
This Policy Research working paper is a product of the Energy and Extractives Global Practice Group at the World Bank Group. The paper provides an overview of experiences with fossil fuel subsidy and...
View ArticleEgypt – Country profile
Background Egypt is located in north-east Africa and bordered by the Mediterranean Sea in the north and the Red Sea in the east. Air, water and soil pollution are the main environmental challenges...
View ArticleNavigating Political Hurricanes in the MENA Region: Energy Pricing Reform in...
This report from the Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy analyzes the political economy of energy pricing reforms in the Middle East and North Africa since the Arab Spring. The authors investigate...
View ArticleMENA Energy Pricing Reforms (Oxford Energy Forum)
It has been nearly three years since the collapse in global oil prices and there have been mixed outcomes for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). While some countries (which had...
View ArticleEgypt raises electricity prices by up to 42 per cent in a bid to remove...
6 July 2017 – Egypt’s electricity and energy minister announced an increase in electricity prices between 18 and 42 per cent depending on consumption. The measure is part of the country’s economic...
View ArticleEgyptian energy subsidy costs jump by 34 pct in first half of 2017-2018
7 February 2018 – Egypt’s fuel subsidies have jumped by 34 percent in the fist half of the 2017-18 fiscal year, the Egyptian oil minister said on Wednesday, rising to 51 billion pounds ($2.9 billion)...
View ArticleThe Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Their Reform (CUP)
Despite widespread agreement among experts about the benefits of reforming fossil fuel subsidies, repeated international commitments to eliminate them, and valiant efforts by some countries to reform...
View ArticleCuts in energy subsidies and expansion of solar and wind power driving...
1 November 2019: The government has recently slashed energy subsidies as part of a series of fiscal reforms, reducing public spending on subsidies from a high of 5.9% of GDP in FY 2013/14 to 2.4% in...
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