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Day: Wednesday, September 5th, 2018.[/fusion_li_item][fusion_li_item icon=»fa-clock-o»]
Time: 09:00 – 10:30 am (time in Costa Rica)[/fusion_li_item][fusion_li_item icon=»fa-check»]
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Agenda
Introduction. Ana María Majano. Coordinator of the Secretariat, LEDS LAC Platform.
International experience in subsidy reforms: some lessons learned. Lourdes Sanchez. Public Policy Advisor, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) / Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI). | Download presentation
How much can social protection compensate poor and middle-class households for an increase in energy prices. Adrien Vogt-Schilb. Economist, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Climate Change Division. | Download presentation
About the webinar
Energy subsidies have been criticized because of their economic inefficiency and because they encourage energy wastage and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. On the contrary, environmental taxes are advocated as efficient policy instruments. However, eliminating subsidies and raising the price of energy can be politically difficult because vulnerable households depend on low energy prices.
This webinar will present the lessons learned internationally by the Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI, for its acronym in English) GSI and the results of quantitative analysis of the IDB, seeking to answer the question: How can governments eliminate subsidies to the energy in a socially acceptable way?
Among the lessons learned gathered by the GSI, there are five good practices to reform energy prices: reflect the correct price, analyze the impacts of the price increase, manage these impacts by implementing mitigation and compensation measures, create support for the reform through appropriate communication and monitoring campaigns, and adjust the measures based on the results.
How affordable would it be to compensate poor and vulnerable households for an increase in the price of energy? The IDB study shows that every $1 transferred to households in the poorest quintile using energy subsidies costs Latin American and Caribbean governments $12. Extending the cash transfers that exist in the countries could be up to six times cheaper.
The webinar will be held in Spanish. If you have any questions about this event, please contact the LEDS LAC Platform Secretariat: [email protected].
About the panelists
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Additional Material
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