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Targeted social assistance for heating – historical experience and development perspectives for limiting energy poverty in Bulgaria

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  • Georgi Shopov
  • Teodora Peneva

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The aim of the article is to provide guidance on how to optimize targeted social assistance mechanisms for heating in the broader context of the need to pursue a national policy for the reduction of energy poverty. The research tasks are: to summarize Bulgaria's historical experience in providing targeted social aid for heating after 1995; to evaluate its strengths and weaknesses; to outline possible solutions and guidelines for the development of social protection in this area in the context of reducing energy poverty.

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  • Georgi Shopov & Teodora Peneva, 2018. "Targeted social assistance for heating – historical experience and development perspectives for limiting energy poverty in Bulgaria," Economic Thought journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 6, pages 3-34,35-62.
    • Handle: RePEc:bas:econth:y:2018:i:6:p:3-34,35-62
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    1. Georgi Shopov, 2016. "Energy poverty and social assistance of the energy poor people in Bulgaria," Economic Thought journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 6, pages 11-38,39-61.
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      JEL classification:

      • I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
      • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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