We Ask Your Government! how much its fossil-fuel subsidies cost

This policy brief describes a 2010 project by the International Budget Partnership (IBP) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) to evaluate government transparency regarding public expenditure, specifically focusing on fossil-fuel subsidies across 80 governments.

• The International Budget Partnership (IBP) launched a project in 2010 to assess government responsiveness to civil society requests for information on public spending. As part of the 'Ask Your Government!' (AYG) initiative, 80 governments were asked six budget-related questions.
• The Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) of the IISD contributed a specific question to the survey asking for the total amount spent over the previous three fiscal years on subsidies for the production and consumption of coal, gas, and oil.
• The survey results indicate a lack of information on public spending and a general opacity regarding fossil-fuel subsidy policies.

APA

Laan,, T. (2011). We Ask Your Government! how much its fossil-fuel subsidies cost. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/we-ask-your-government-how-much-its-fossil-fuel-subsidies-cost

Chicago

Laan,, Tara. We Ask Your Government! how much its fossil-fuel subsidies cost. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2011. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/we-ask-your-government-how-much-its-fossil-fuel-subsidies-cost.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{laan2011ask, author = {Laan,, Tara}, title = {{We Ask Your Government! how much its fossil-fuel subsidies cost}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2011}, month = apr, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/we-ask-your-government-how-much-its-fossil-fuel-subsidies-cost}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }