The Impact of Higher Oil Prices on Low Income Countries and on the Poor

The Impact of Higher Oil Prices on Low Income Countries and on the Poor

The rapid and large oil price rise experienced during 2004 has created widespread concern about its impact on low income countries and on poor households in many countries. To appreciate the magnitude of this impact and to formulate policies to ame...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank
Format: ESMAP Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ALTERNATIVE FUELS
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BIOMASS
CAPITAL MARKETS
COAL
CONSUMERS
CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
COST INCREASE
COST OF LIVING
DECISION MAKING
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT/THE
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ELASTICITY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPECTED VALUE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTS
FUELS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GEOLOGY
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
IMPORTS
INCOME
INCOME GROUPS
INFLATION
IRREVERSIBILITY
MACROECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT
MARKET FORCES
NET EXPORTS
NET IMPORTS
NI/GDP
NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES
OIL
OIL PRICES
OIL RESERVES
OIL SECTOR
OPEC
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE ELASTICITIES
PRICE ELASTICITY
PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
PRICE INCREASES
PRICE RISK
PRODUCERS
REAL INCOME
REAL WAGES
SAVINGS
SUBSTITUTION
SURPLUS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TAX REVENUE
TAX REVENUES
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
UNEMPLOYMENT
VOLATILITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/03/5705238/impact-higher-oil-prices-low-income-countries-poor
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18076

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/03/5705238/impact-higher-oil-prices-low-income-countries-poor
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18076

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