PPT-On Subsidy Reform in Arab Countries: Reflection on IMF Reco

Prepared by the Arab NGO Network for Development ANND the New America Foundation NAF and the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights ECESR Picture adapted from httpnewsnationalgeographiccomnewsenergy201206pictures120618largefossilfuelsubsidiesenergyfuelsubsidiesquiz54907600x450jpg. These relations date back to ancient times There are important Indian investments in countries stretching from Oman to Egypt Sudan and beyond There have been cultural ties with the region throughout history Much of our external trade passes along th Internal Threats to Folk Culture. Governments initially could block foreign TV programming/control what was available. Now with satellites, it’s lot more difficult . Governments also try to limit access to the Internet. Henning Wuester, IRENA. REN21 Academy . Bonn, 10 November 2014. Contents. Introduction. Fossil fuel subsidies: state of the debate. The reality in selected MENA countries. Elements of successful subsidy reform. John Bryden, and Karen Refsgaard. NILF, Oslo, Norway. ICRPS-OECD Workshop on the Water, Energy and Food Nexus. Memphis Tennessee, 18. th. May 2015. Plan. Intro: Why the Arab region?. Why a Nexus Approach?. Perceptions of the EU in the Middle East. Valeria . Talbot, Paolo . Maggiolini. Istituto. per . gli. . Studi. di . Politica. . Internazionale. (ISPI). . Main points. Knowledge and assessment on EU cooperation . Subsidy Reforms. . APEC . Koh. . Samui. March 18 2013 . Paul Mitchell. Communication Integral to Reform. Fuel Subsidy Reform will not succeed without communication that is integral to the process from the beginning (or even before!) and continues throughout the process and possibly for a period of time after the reforms have been implemented.. SW Asia. Arab Spring. Arab Spring. - a series of rebellions that occurred throughout Southwest Asia and Africa in 2011.. Social media like Twitter and . F. acebook played a large role in organizing and spreading the word of rebellion. Ngozi. . Okonjo-Iweala. Coordinating Minister for the Economy / . Honourable Minister of Finance. Key facts about subsidy. FMF/BOF/CEAP . © 2011. 2. What is fuel subsidy?. FMF/BOF/CEAP © 2011. 3. Deregulation of the downstream sector. Egypt: key ally in the middle east. Article by Bruce Rutherford. Presentation by:. Adel Abunawass. Professor & Chair. Department of Computer Science. University of West Georgia. Carrollton, GA 30118. What is it?. Time frame (“The Big Bang Theory”): 1798 CE (Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt) until…present time? But in fact, reform movements were in the air much earlier…. “Renewal and [adaptation] to the changing global circumstances of greater economic integration and intercultural influences” (Di-Capua, p. 55). and democracy. Thorvaldur. . Gylfason. . Inmaculada. . Martinez-Zarzoso. . Per Magnus Wijkman. The natural effect of trade is to bring about peace.. Montesquieu (1748). Two companion papers. How Free Trade Can Help Convert the ’Arab Spring’ into Permanent Peace and Democracy. Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Ethiopia By Habtamu Fuje Fuel subsidy reform • Increased diesel prices Indirect channels: • Distribution cost Grain prices • Low in remote rural distric internal and regional conict become so widespread and so brutal in the region What would more accountable social contracts between citizens and states look like and how can Arab countries take advanta The League of Arab States was established by a pact signed on March 22, 1945 at the conclusion of a . conference. held in . Cairo. , Egypt, . attended. by representatives of . Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria .