Hooked on Subsidies: The Case for Reform

https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/hooked-on-subsidies The report Hooked on Subsidies: The Case for Reform examines how subsidies in emerging market and developing economies can either strengthen growth and resilience or entrench inefficiency and inequality. It provides evidence-based analysis and practical guidance to improve transparency, design, and implementation so that subsidies better support fiscal sustainability, productivity, poverty reduction, and job creation.