Balancing Act: Cutting Energy Subsidies While Protecting Affordability (Europe and Central Asia Reports) (Eastern Europe and Central Asia Reports)

by Chris Trimble (Author), Chris Trimble (Author), Anne Olivier (Author), Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi (Author)

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  2013

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  In Eastern Europe and Central Asia there are significant pressures for residential energy tariffs to rise. This report suggests that a policy agenda that focuses on cutting subsidies to the energy sector, while investing in energy efficiency and supporting households at the bottom of the distribution, amounts to a new wave of policy reforms for the energy sector in transition countries.