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How Can Cash Transfers Support Energy Subsidy Reforms?

In our recent report, Cash Transfers in the Context of Energy Subsidy Reform: Insights from Recent Experience, we reviewed recent approaches to using cash transfers to mitigate the effects of energy subsidy reforms on affected households. Our report takes stock of two decades of country experiences with reform-related cash transfers, exploring diverse approaches to program design, beneficiary selection, enrollment, benefit delivery mechanisms, and scale-up and down.

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