Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
Home
  • Home
Chapter
  • Access
  • Open access
  • Cited by 1
  • Print publication year: 2018
  • Online publication date: August 2018

16 - Actors, Frames and Contexts in Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform

from Part IV - The Domestic Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Their Reform
  • View HTML

      • Send chapter to Kindle

      To send this chapter to your Kindle, first ensure no-reply@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about sending to your Kindle.

      Note you can select to send to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be sent to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

      Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

      Available formats
      ×

      Send chapter to Dropbox

      To send content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about sending content to Dropbox.

      Available formats
      ×

      Send chapter to Google Drive

      To send content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about sending content to Google Drive.

      Available formats
      ×
Export citation

Related content

Powered by UNSILO
Ali, L. (2016). Budget 2016/2017: a closer look at the fuel subsidy. Trinidad and Tobago 103 FM. Available at http://103fm.tt/?p=11705 (accessed 24 August 2017).
AlShehabi, O. H. (2012). Energy and labour reform: evidence from Iran. Journal of Policy Modeling 34(3), 441–59.
Arzaghi, M. and Squalli, J. (2015) How price inelastic is demand for gasoline in fuel-subsidizing economies? Energy Economics 50(C), 117–24.
Arze del Granado, F. J. and Coady, D. (2012) The unequal benefits of fuel subsidies: a review of evidence for developing countries. World Development 40(11), 2234–48.
Baer, P., Athanasiou, T., Kartha, S. and Kemp-Benedict, E. (2008). The Right to Development in a Climate Constrained World: The Greenhouse Development Rights Framework. Berlin: Heinrich Böll Foundation, Christian Aid, EcoEquity and Stockholm Environment Institute.
Baptiste, A. K. and Rhiney, K. (2016). Climate justice and the Caribbean: an introduction. Geoforum 73, 17–21.
Barrett, S. (2013). Local level climate justice? Adaptation finance and vulnerability reduction. Global Environmental Change 23(6), 1819–29.
Boardman, B. (2010), Fixing Fuel Poverty: Challenges and Solutions. London: Earthscan.
C News (2016). FITUN won’t support any proposal to remove fuel subsidy. Available at http://ctntworld.com/ctv/index.php/c-news/news/item/724-fitun-won-t-support-any-proposal-to-remove-fuel-subsidy (accessed 24 August 2017).
Caney, S. (2010). Climate change and the duties of the advantaged. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 13(1), 203–28.
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) (2017) The World Factbook. Available at www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/td.html (accessed 24 August 2017).
Cheon, A., Lackner, M. and Urpelainen, J. (2015). Instruments of political control: national oil companies, oil prices, and petroleum subsidies. Comparative Political Studies 48(3), 370–402.
Collister, K. (2016). Jamaica beyond the IMF (Part 2): Caricom, Brexit and Jamexit. Jamaica Observer, 25 July 2016.
Commander, S. (2012). A guide to the political economy of reforming energy subsidies. IZA Policy Paper No. 52, Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn.
de Moor, A. (2001). Towards a grand deal on subsidies and climate change. Natural Resources Forum 25, 167–76.
Dube, I. (2003). Impact of energy subsidies on energy consumption and supply in Zimbabwe: do the urban poor really benefit? Energy Policy 31(15), 1635–45.
Duus-Otterström, G. and Jagers, S. C. (2012). Identifying burdens of coping with climate change: a typology of the duties of climate justice. Global Environmental Change 22(3), 746–53.
Energy Chamber (2017). Enhanced oil and gas recovery in the works at Petrotrin. Trinidad and Tobago: The Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago. Available at http://energynow.tt/blog/enhanced-oil-and-gas-recovery-in-the-works-at-petrotrin (accessed 24 August 2017).
Fry, I. (2005). Small island developing states: becalmed in a sea of soft law. Review of European Community and International Environmental Law 14(2), 89–99.
Gangopadhyaya, S., Ramaswamia, B. and Wadhwaa, W. (2005). Reducing subsidies on household fuels in India: how will it affect the poor? Energy Policy 33(18), 2326–36.
GORTT (Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) (2012a). Budget Statement 2013: Stimulating Growth, Generating Prosperity. Available at www.guardian.co.tt/sites/default/files/story/Budget-Statement-2013.pdf (accessed 24 August 2017).
GORTT (Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) (2012b). Trinidad and Tobago National Climate Change Policy. Port of Spain: GORTT.
GORTT (Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) (2015). Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Port of Spain: GORTT.
GORTT (Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) (2017a). National Environmental Policy, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Port of Spain: Ministry of Environment and Water Resources.
GORTT (Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) (2017b). Oil and Gas Industry: Overview. Available at www.energy.gov.tt/our-business/oil-and-gas-industry (Accessed 24 August 2017).
Harrinanan, S. (2015). Balgobin: ‘just and courageous budget’. Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 8 October 2015.
Hochman, G. and Zilberman, D. (2015). The political economy of OPEC. Energy Economics 48(C), 203–16.
Humpert, M. E. and Espinosa, R. (2016). Energy Dossier: Trinidad and Tobago. Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank.
Imbert, C. (2016a). 2016 Mid Year Budget Review. Port of Spain: GORTT.
Imbert, C. (2016b). Shaping a Better Future: A Blueprint for Transformation and Growth. Port of Spain: GORTT.
Imbert, C. (2016c). Finance (Variation of Appropriation) (Financial Year 2016) Bill, Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain.
Imbert, C. and Khan, F. (2016). The Finance Bill 2016, Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, Post of Spain.
Imbert, C. and Raffoul, J. (2017). Finance (Variation of Appropriation) (Financial Year 2017) Bill, Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain.
IMF (International Monetary Fund) (2016). Trinidad and Tobago: Staff Report for the 2016 Article IV Consultation. Washington, DC: IMF.
Iwaro, J. and Mwasha, A. (2010). Towards energy sustainability in the world: the implications of energy subsidy for developing countries. International Journal of Energy and the Environment, 1(4), 705–14.
Jakob, M., Chen, C., Fuss, S. et al. (2015). Development incentives for fossil fuel subsidy reform. Nature Climate Change 5(8), 709–12.
Jiang, Z., Ouyang, X. and Huang, G. (2015). The distributional impacts of removing energy subsidies in China. China Economic Review 33(C), 111–22.
Keohane, R. O. (1969). Lilliputians’ dilemmas: small states in international politics. International Organization, 23(2), 291–310.
Khelawan, V. (2013). Liat wants same fuel subsidy. Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 23 May 2013.
Koplow, D. and Dernbach, J. (2001). Federal fossil fuel subsidies and greenhouse gas emissions: a case study of increasing transparency for fiscal policy. Annual Review of Energy and the Environment 26, 361–89.
Lockwood, M. (2015). Fossil fuel subsidy reform, rent management and political fragmentation in developing countries. New Political Economy 20(4), 475–94.
Long, S. (2013). A closer look at T&T’s Fuel Subsidy, Commentary. Business Guardian, 17 October 2013.
Marzolf, N. C., Fernando Casado, C., Johanna, K. et al. (2015). A Unique Approach for Sustainable Energy in Trinidad and Tobago. Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank.
Mathur, A. and Morris, A. C. (2014). Distributional effects of a carbon tax in broader U.S. fiscal reform. Energy Policy 66(C), 326–34.
McCauley, D., Heffron, R. J., Stephan, H. and Jenkins, K. (2013). Advancing energy justice: the triumvirate of tenets. International Energy Law Review 32(3), 107–10.
Mertz, O., Halsnæs, K., Olesen, J. E. et al. (2009) Adaptation to climate change in developing countries. Environmental Management 43(5), 743–52.
Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs (2017). Petroleum Register for Petroleum Sharing Contracts. Available at www.energy.gov.tt/petroleum-register (accessed 24 August 2017).
Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (2016). Personal communication with an official from the Ministry of Energy on Trinidad and Tobago subsidy claim values, 22 April 2016.
Newsday (2016). ECA expresses concern. Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 7 October 2016.
NWU (National Workers Union) (2016). NWU: No to Wage Suppression. Available at www.workersunion.org.tt/where-we-stand/nwu-media/nwunotowagesuppression (accessed 24 August 2017).
Okereke, C. (2010). Climate justice and the international regime. WIREs: Climate Change 1(3), 462–74.
Palanisamy, H., Becker, M., Meyssignac, B. et al. (2012). Regional sea level change and variability in the Caribbean Sea since 1950. Journal of Geodetic Science 2(2), 125–33.
Payne, A. (2004). Small states in the global politics of development. Round Table 93, 623–35.
Petrotrin (2015) Joint Ventures. Available at www.petrotrin.com/~/media/Files/JV%20Listing%20-%202015%2008%2014.ashx?la=en (accessed 24 August 2017).
Phillip, L. (2016). Budget 2016/2017: A Closer Look at the Fuel Subsidy. Trinidad and Tobago 103 FM. Available at http://103fm.tt/?p=11705 (accessed 24 August 2017).
Plante, M. (2014). The long-run macroeconomic impacts of fuel subsidies. Journal of Development Economics 107(C), 129–43.
Popke, J., Curtis, S. and Gamble, D.W. (2016). A social justice framing of climate change discourse and policy: adaptation, resilience and vulnerability in a Jamaican agricultural landscape. Geoforum 73, 70–80.
Rao, N. D. (2012). Kerosene subsidies in India: when energy policy fails as social policy. Energy for Sustainable Development 16, 35–43.
Rawls, J. (2005). A Theory of Justice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Rhiney, K. (2015). Geographies of Caribbean vulnerability in a changing climate: issues and trends. Geography Compass 9(3), 97–114.
Saboohi, Y. (2001). An evaluation of the impact of reducing energy subsidies on living expenses of households. Energy Policy 29(3), 245–52.
Scobie, M. (2016). Policy coherence in climate governance in Caribbean small island developing states. Environmental Science and Policy 58, 16–28.
Scobie, M. (2017). Fossil fuel reform in developing states: the case of Trinidad and Tobago, a petroleum producing small island developing State. Energy Policy 104, 265–73.
Siddig, K, Aguiar, A, Grethe, H et al. (2014). Impacts of removing fuel import subsidies in Nigeria on poverty. Energy Policy 69, 165–78.
Small, D. (2016). Appropriation Bill 2016, Financial Year 2017, Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain.
Soile, I. O., Tsaku, H. and Yar’Adua, B. M. (2014). The impact of gasoline subsidy removal on the transportation sector in Nigeria. American Journal of Energy Research 2(3), 60–66.
Solaun, K., Gómez, I., Larrea, I. et al. (2015). Strategy for Reduction of Emissions in Trinidad and Tobago, 2040. Port of Spain: Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
Sovacool, B. K. and Dworkin, M. H. (2015). Energy justice: conceptual insights and practical applications. Applied Energy 142, 435–44.
Sturge, W. (2016). Finance Bill, 2016, Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain.
Taitt, R. (2016). Govt urged to penalise those with high usage. Trinidad Express, 21 October 2016.
Thomas, C. (2003). Taxi fares increase looming. Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 8 October 2003.
Trinidad Guardian. (2011) Energy Chamber: time to phase out gas subsidy. Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, 17 June 2011.
Trinidad Guardian (2013). T&T rebuffs IMF call to end “unsustainable” fuel subsidies. Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, 14 August 2013.
Trotz, U. and Lindo, S. (2013). Vulnerability and resilience building in CARICOM countries. Small Island Digest 2, 25–39.
TTEC (Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Comission) (2001). Summary of Electricity Rates. Available at https://ttec.co.tt/default/tariffs-2 (accessed 24 August 2017).
TTMA (Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association) (2017). Brief on Manufacturing – Facts about Manufacturing in Trinidad and Tobago 2015. Available at http://ttma.com/business-development/facts-about-manufacturing (accessed 24 August 2017).
UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) (2016). Human Development Report. New York, NY: UNDP.
Vagliasindi, M. (2013). Implementing Energy Subsidy Reforms: Evidence from Developing Countries. Washington, DC: World Bank.
van Beers, C. and de Moor, A. (2001). Public Subsidies and Policy Failures: How Subsidies Distort the Natural Environment, Equity and Trade and How to Reform Them, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Victor, D. G. (2009). The Politics of Fossil-Fuel Subsidies. Geneva: International Institute for Sustainable Development.
Whitley, S. (2013). Time to Change the Game: Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Climate. London: Overseas Development Institute.
World Bank (2016). The World Bank Data Catalogue. Washington, DC: World Bank Group.
World Bank (2017). CO2 Emissions (metric tons per capita). Available at http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.PC (accessed 24 August 2017).
Yates, R. (2014). Recycling fuel subsidies as health subsidies. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 92(8), 547–47A.