Support to focalize energy subsidies while protecting vulnerable households

preparation

The general objective of the program is to safeguard energy consumption for vulnerable households, contributing to fiscal sustainability and the progressivity of the energy subsidy scheme. The specific objectives of the project are: (i) to maintain the affordability of piped gas consumption for vulnerable households; (ii) to help ensure the affordability of bottled gas consumption for vulnerable households; and (iii) to strengthen the institutional capacities of the Ministry of Energy and the Gas Regulatory Authority for the design, implementation, and monitoring of the new energy subsidy scheme.