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The main part of this volume is composed of papers commissioned for the Energy Pricing Policy Workshop held at Bangkok from 8 to 11 May 1984, co-ordinated by the U nited Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Resource Systems Institute of the East-West Center. The Workshop, which involved high-level policy planners was financially sponsored by several from several Asian developing countries, organizations: the ESCAP Regional Energy Development Programme funded by the United Nations Development Programme; the European Economic Community; the International Labour Organisation; and the International Development Research Centre. Publication of these papers has been supported by funds from the European Economic Community and the United States Agency for International Development. Preparation of the manuscripts for publication was undertaken at the East-West Center, through contribution in kind at the professional, editorial, and support staff levels. out of discussions at the Eighth Session of the The Workshop developed ESCAP Committee on Natural Resources, 27 October to 2 November 1981, where questions on resource pricing in general (as related to energy resources) and sectoral pricing policies for end-users were discussed in the context of demand management. It was recognized that, although much work had been done in the area, policy makers could seldorn obtain analytically supported, yet realistic, guidance concerning energy pricing questions. The emphasis of the Workshop was, therefore, on policy decision-making, and the application of theory to policy formulation in the energy pricing area.

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Author:   Corazon Siddayao
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.403kg
ISBN:  

9789401198127

ISBN 10:   9401198128
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   05 May 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

1 ENERGY PRICING POLICY FRAMEWORK AND EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.- Pricing policy and integrated national energy planning (INEP).- Scope and objectives of pricing policy.- Adjustments to efficient prices to meet other objectives.- Recent experience in Asia and the Pacific.- Energy conservation and pricing.- Case Study: Co-ordinated use of pricing and related tools for energy conservation.- Figures.- Tables.- References.- 2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC GOALS IN ENERGY PRICING POLICY: A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS.- Energy and the economy.- Cost of energy.- Pricing and equity.- Employment.- Growth and other goals.- Energy pricing in rural areas.- Limitations of energy pricing.- Concluding comments.- Figure.- Notes.- References.- 3 EFFICIENCY AND EQUITY CRITERIA IN ENERGY PRICING WITH PRACTICAL APPLICATION TO LDCs IN ASIA.- Producer and consumer prices of energy.- Setting the producer price of energy.- The difficulty of separating producer and consumer prices.- Equity and efficiency conflicts in electricity pricing.- Conclusions.- Tables.- ANNEX 3.1 ESTIMATING THE IMPACT OF FUEL PRICE CHANGES IN THAILAND.- 4 OPERATIONALIZING EFFICIENCY CRITERIA IN ENERGY PRICING POLICY.- Pricing, a tool of demand management.- Basic pricing objectives.- Short-run versus long-run marginal cost pricing.- Efficiency pricing with declining long-run marginal costs.- The economics of discriminatory pricing.- Promotional pricing.- Estimating depletion costs.- The economic value of domestic petroleum resources.- The economic value of imported petroleum fuels.- The economic opportunity cost of funds: a digression.- Reconciling economic and financial costs.- Dealing with inflation and relative price changes.- Figures.- Tables.- ANNEX 4.1 THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COSTS OF DOMESTIC CRUDE CONSUMPTION FOR AN OIL EXPORTING COUNTRY SUBJECT TO EXPORT QUOTAS.- ANNEX 4.2 THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF UNRELIABLE POWER SUPPLIES.- 5 ENERGY PRICING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: ROLE OF PRICES IN INVESTMENT ALLOCATION AND CONSUMER CHOICES.- Components of an integrated framework for energy pricing.- Product prices, output and investment.- Role of energy prices in consumer choices.- Energy prices and considerations of equity and efficiency.- Reconciling objectives of equity and efficiency.- Summary and conclusions.- Figure.- Tables.- Notes.- References.- 6 SHADOW-PRICING INDIGENOUS ENERGY: ITS COMPLEXITY AND IMPLICATIONS.- Opportunity cost, shadow prices, and the theory of resources.- Should fossil fuel resources be shadow-priced and pegged?.- Summary.- Figure.- Tables.- Notes.- References.- APPENDIXES.- APPENDIX I FINAL REPORT OF THE WORKSHOP.- I. Organization of the Meeting.- II. Proceedings.- APPENDIX II ANALYSIS OF THE ENERGY PRICE PROBLEM IN CHINA Huang Zhi-jie.- APPENDIX III ENERGY PRICING IN NEPAL S. N. Sharma.- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS.- ABOUT THE AUTHORS.

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