Challenges for food subsidy reform: lessons learnt from the Just Distribution of Subsidies Scheme in Iran
Tajmazinani, Ali Akbar (2024)
Discussion Paper 12/2024
This paper analyses the recent reform of food subsidies in Iran. It finds that the design, timing and implementation of the reform undermined its success: The framework was ignored, the impact of inflation was not considered, there were shortcomings in implementation and transparency was poor.