GTZ Energy Subsidies

GTZ Energising Development (EnDev) has conducted an expert's report on susbsidies, focussing on energy access. EnDev has reached more than 5 million people directly with new and sustainable access to a form of modern energy services until the end of 2008. We have learned that a sound combination of direct incentives and flexible market development services (indirect subsidies) is key for success, although further and massive up-scaling will challenge policy makers and practitioners in the future.

The report discusses the rationale and performance of energy subsidies, proposes a new tool for subsidy evaluation and design and applies this tool to the analysis of prominent subsidy schemes.

Our work is open for discussion and we would appreciate your suggestions.