What Are the Benefits of Government Assistance with Household Energy Bills ? Evidence from Ukraine (English)

In April 2015, the Government of Ukraine abruptly raised the tariffs of natural gas to residential customers, which were previously well below the cost of acquiring gas and delivering it to households. The tariff increase—700 percent—caused considerable distress to the population and led the government to scale up its existing energy assistance program, the housing and utilities subsidy program. This paper examines the welfare effect of the program...
See More

DETAILS

See More

DOWNLOADS

COMPLETE REPORT

Official version of document (may contain signatures, etc)

  • Official PDF

  • TXT*

  • Total Downloads** : 753

  • Download Stats

  • *The text version is uncorrected OCR text and is included solely to benefit users with slow connectivity.

Citation

Alberini,Anna; Umapathi,Nithin.

What Are the Benefits of Government Assistance with Household Energy Bills ? Evidence from Ukraine (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9669 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/747101621621225723

SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL ALERTS

This document is being processed or is not available.