Скачать или смотреть Subsidies - Is the expense worth the relief? | Junaid Iqbal | Pakistan&Counting | Ep 8

Do subsidies actually work, or are they a waste of money? Do electricity subsidies actually reach the poorest Pakistanis? Just how effective is Benazir Income Support Programme?

This is the eighth episode in a new series of videos I will be hosting, to try and understand Pakistan’s economic situation and how we got here. Join me as we take a deep dive into Pakistan’s development challenges, and its economic potential. In this episode we will take a look at Pakistan’s subsidy spending, and whether this allocation of resources actually reaches the people it is meant to help.

00:00 - 0:32: Introduction
00:32 - 01:49 An Overview of Subsidy and grant distribution
01:49 - 02:29 Subsidy Distribution: why the power sector dominates
02:29 - 03:27 TDF: Tariff Differential Subsidy
03:27 - 3:56 Why does the power sector matter?
04:53 - 05:40 Power Subsidy Issue 1
05:40 - 06:38 Power Subsidy Issue 2
6:38 - 07:21 Power Subsidy Issue 3
07:21 - 07:55 Thoughts on Power Subsidy?
07:55 - 09:02 Non-Power Subsidies
09:02 - 10:01 How do we pay for subsidies?
10:01-10:42 Grants
10:42 - 12:36 Benazir Income Support Program
12:36 - 13:01 Recommendation 1: Power Sector Reform
13:01 - 13:28 Recommendation 2: Strategic Subsidy Spending
13:28 - 13:41 Recommendation 3: Stop non-targeted Subsidies
13:41 - 15:06 Recommendation 4: Redirect to BISP
15:06 - 16:06 Objections Against BISP Reform
16:06 - 16:40 Conclusion
16:40 - 16:51 One last question

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