The energy landscape of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has undergone a
significant transformation in recent years as a result of intersecting technological, economic …

Global warming has risen as a primary global concern. It has stimulated interest in the
development of the renewable energy (RE) system. Studies demonstrated that the regions of …

Fuel subsidies in Nigeria are enormous–around USD 3.9 billion–almost double the health
budget. Such subsidies come at great cost: the opportunity costs of such spending on other …

As much of the world pushes ahead with the deployment of renewable energy, resource-rich
MENA economies are lagging behind. This paper contends that while the main obstacles to …

Policies to support the deployment of renewable energy technologies have been widely
established for power generation, heating, cooling, and transportation. However, as …

While the potential adverse effects of fossil fuel subsidy reform are well documented for
households, the literature has largely ignored the effect of subsidy reform on firms' …

Energy subsidies can account for a large share of government expenditures in some GCC
countries. In light of fiscal imbalances since 2014, these countries have reiterated their …

Member states of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (the Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC)) are undertaking a number of energy policy reforms to cope with …

Abstract The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are undertaking a number of energy
policy reforms to cope with challenges from geopolitical tension and oil revenue depletion …

This paper investigates the perspectives of commercial and industrial consumers on
electricity pricing reform in Uttar Pradesh, India. In a first study of its kind, we report results …