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Now more than ever: Reforming energy subsidies throughout the world / Benedict Clements, Stefania Fabrizio &#38; Ian Parry, Vox, 27 April 2013http://www.voxeu.org/article/reforming-energy-subsidies-globallyEnergy-subsidy reform is notoriously difficult. This column argues that the environmental and social payoff from a concerted worldwide effort to replace these subsidies with better targeted measures would be substantial. Subsidy reform is an especially attractive option for countries under pressure to bring public debt to more prudent levels. The success of reform in several countries shows that the challenge is not insurmountable...