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Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Asia - Asian Development Bank
FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES IN ASIA
TRENDS, IMPACTS, AND REFORMS
INTEGRATIVE REPORT
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Fossil fuel subsidies in Asia: trends, impacts, and reforms—Integrative report. Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2016.
1. Energy Sector. 2. Fossil Fuel Subsidies. 3. Developing Asia. I. Asian Development Bank.
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Foreword
Energy subsidy reform has emerged as one of the most important policy challenges for developing Asian economies. Government expenditure on fossil fuel subsidies which covers the gap between global and domestic prices exceeds public spending on education or health in some Asian countries. High fossil fuel subsidies can wreck government budgets. They accrue largely to the rich and reduce incentives for investment in renewables and energy efficiency. Moreover, fossil fuels (coal, oil, and gas) are major carbon emitters, and burning coal, the most carbon-intensive energy source, has serious climate-change implications.
In 2009, the Group of Twenty and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation committed to rationalizing and phasing out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies; unfortunately, there has been little progress. As people get used to low prices, subsidy reform becomes difficult: powerful beneficiaries oppose it and governments fear social unrest when prices rise due to reforms. But this mindset must change as the benefits of subsidy reform are potentially immense. The substantial drop in oil prices has opened a new window of opportunity to put an end to these harmful subsidies. This study comes at a critical moment to shed new light on energy pricing. It offers guidelines for reforms and the formulation of long-term energy strategies. Based on an analysis of complex interactions between economic, social, energy, and environmental issues, the study shows that the initial rise in energy prices due to subsidy reforms will nudge households and businesses to shift to alternative fuels and to adopt energy-efficient appliances. Using the money freed up from subsidies to compensate poor households and to increase government budgets will cancel out the negative effects of the initial price rise. These changes should allay the fears of reform.
The study measures actual subsidies such