TY - BOOK ID - 84540887 TI - Domestic Petroleum Product Prices and Subsidies : Recent Developments and Reform Strategies AU - Coady, David. AU - Baig, Taimur. AU - Ntamatungiro, Joseph. AU - Mati, Amine. PY - 2007 SN - 1462327583 1452709769 1282474219 1451910886 9786613821744 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Investments: Energy KW - Inflation KW - Macroeconomics KW - Public Finance KW - Policy Objectives KW - Policy Designs and Consistency KW - Policy Coordination KW - Fiscal Policy KW - Energy: Demand and Supply KW - Prices KW - Price Level KW - Deflation KW - Energy: General KW - Energy industries & utilities KW - Investment & securities KW - Fuel prices KW - Oil prices KW - Energy subsidies KW - Oil KW - Expenditure KW - Commodities KW - Expenditures, Public KW - Petroleum industry and trade KW - Dominican Republic UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84540887 AB - The paper reviews recent developments in the pass-through of international to domestic petroleum product prices, in the different fuel pricing regimes, and in fuel subsidies in a range of emerging market and developing economies. The main finding of the paper is the limited price pass-through in many countries and the consequent increase in fuel subsidies. The paper proposes that key elements of a successful strategy to contain subsidies should comprise: making subsidies explicit; making pricing mechanisms more robust; combining reductions in subsidies with measures to protect the poorest; using the resulting savings well, and transparency and consultation. ER -