Less attention has been attracted by the intention to reduce subsidies for wind.

"It comes down to a question of whether they are really willing to reduce subsidies and raise prices," one diplomat said.

The fund wants Egypt to reduce subsidies on food and energy.

And for the Administration, an effort to reduce subsidies has acquired new urgency in recent weeks.

He wanted to reduce operating subsidies for local mass transit systems by $202 million.

You can't just reduce subsidies and raise tax revenues, he said.

The plan also calls for reducing subsidies on bread and meat.

They complained that the plan, while reducing subsidies, would keep most prices under government control for years to come.

In response to the riots, the government increased taxes but failed to reduce subsidies.

To do that, it had to reduce subsidies on oil and gas.