This paper presents new global evidence on the key determinants of public-private partnership investment in electricity generated by renewable energy based on a panel data analysis for 105 developing countries over a period of 16 years from 1993 to 2008. It aims to identify the key factors...

Poorly implemented energy subsidies are economically costly to taxpayers and damage the environment. This report describes the emerging lessons that could help policy makers to address implementation challenges, including overcoming political economy and affordability constraints. The analysis...

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Introduction; Sample Selection; Tables; O.1 Countries Selected for Case Study Analysis of Energy Subsidy Reforms; Figures; O.1 Distribution of Sample Countries by Energy Net Exports or Imports; O.2 Distribution of Sample Countries by...

It is widely accepted that the costs of underpricing energy are large, whether in advanced or developing countries. This paper explores how large these costs can be by focussing on the size of the external effects that energy subsidies in particular generate in two important sectors?transport...