[OpenSpending] [open-sustainability] Data on energy subsidies?

Thu Jul 25 15:19:55 UTC 2013

Thanks all.

Olav: I'm astounded at the following claim in the IMF report you forwarded:

"energy subsidies amount to a staggering $1.9 trillion worldwide—the
equivalent of 2½ percent of global GDP, or 8 percent of government
revenues."

It might be interesting to further explore the aggregated/estimated figures
in the tables in the appendices. [1]

The IEA also publishes this: http://www.iea.org/subsidy/index.html

But I can't seem to see a way to get the raw data.

Anyone else interested in digging into this?

J.

[1] pp. 47-66 of http://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2013/012813.pdf

On 24 July 2013 19:27, Olav Anders Øvrebø <olav.ovrebo at gmail.com> wrote:

> The IMF recently published a good report on energy subsidies:
> http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2013/pr1393.htm
>
> olav
>
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
> wrote:
> > Saw this story yesterday about coal power subsidies [1], which reminded
> me
> > to ask whether anyone has looked into data on energy subsidies in their
> > country?
> >
> > Perhaps this could be an interesting data expedition, or mini-project?
> >
> > [1]
> >
> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/consumers-to-pay-dirty-coal-power-subsidies-for-years-8724925.html
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