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January 25, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria Reads on Boko Haram and the Fuel Subsidy

There have been a few of reads on Nigeria that I wanted to call your attention to. Yesterday, Human Rights Watch, in a report, attributed 935 deaths to alleged attacks by Boko Haram since July 2009. …

A protester holds a placard on the fourth day of a nationwide strike against the removal of the petrol subsidy in Lagos January 12, 2012.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

January 10, 2012

Nigeria
Nigeria: Fuel Subsidy Strikes Continue

The strikes appear to be gaining momentum, with oil and gas workers joining and some aviation shut down. The protests appear to be the strongest in Lagos and Kano, Nigeria’s two largest cities and w…

Demonstrators gather at a burning barricade during a protest against the elimination of a popular fuel subsidy that has doubled the price of petrol, at Gwagwalada on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital Abuja January 9, 2012
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

October 25, 2016

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Sustaining Fuel Subsidy Reform Should Be a Top U.S. Priority

Last week, I released a new CFR discussion paper entitled, "Sustaining Fuel Subsidy Reform," with my colleague Jennifer Harris. Over the last two years, governments around the world have taken advant…

People jostle for a pump nozzle at a petrol station during a fuel shortage in Cairo (Reuters/Abd El Ghany)
Blog Post by Varun Sivaram Energy, Security, and Climate

June 28, 2010

India
The Real G20 Subsidies News

The G20, in its final communique (PDF), reaffirmed its agreement of last September (PDF) to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies in the “medium term”. Much is being written about how the Obama…

Blog Post by Michael Levi Energy, Security, and Climate

September 14, 2010

China
The Problem With Chinese Clean Energy Subsidies

I wrote last week about how Chinese gains in solar energy could help, rather than hurt, U.S. businesses. My argument was that if China focused on those parts of the value chain where it had a natural…

Blog Post by Michael Levi Energy, Security, and Climate