Iran - The Chronicles of the Subsidy Reform

By M. Farzin, Dominique M. Guillaume, Roman Zytek. Social Science Research Network, 2011

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On December 18, 2010, Iran increased domestic energy and agricultural prices by up to 20 times, making it the first major oil-exporting country to reduce substantially implicit energy subsidies. This paper reviews the economic and technical issues involved in the planning and early implementation of the reform, including the transfers to households and the public relations campaign that were critical to the success of the reform. It also looks at the reform from a chronological standpoint, in particular in the final phases of the preparation. The paper concludes by an overview of the main challenges for the second phase of the reform.

Subfields: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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• Cash transfers and labor supply: Evidence from a large-scale program in Iran (2018, unknown): “However, during 2011, the first year of the program, thanks to the infusion of cash non-oil GDP continued to grew, led by industry and services, which grew by 6.4% and 5.8%, respectively.”