The government was forced to cut its massive fuel subsidies, which were planned to cost $14 billion for 2005, in October.

"They've got to reduce expenditures, including some sensitive ones, like fuel subsidies."

"The fuel subsidy is experienced as one of the few things they get."

Nigeria is too poor to spend £5 billion a year on fuel subsidies.

Difficult to be concerned with climate change and in favour of fuel subsidies.

The profits on that would be more than enough to continue the fuel subsidies and then some.

In some countries, fuel subsidies are a larger part of the budget than health and education.

The fuel subsidies cost the government billions of dollars a year and have primarily benefited the middle class.

Current regulations and fuel subsidies, for example, often favor consumption over efficiency.

Iran was the largest provider of fuel subsidies in the world by 2009.