Countries like India and Indonesia are now facing possible financial crises, in part owing to large budget deficits, a major component of which has long been food and energy subsidies. Keeping domestic prices for food and energy artificially low has proved to be not only ruinously expensive, but also very ineffective in achieving the declared goal of helping to alleviate poverty.
类似的教训与新兴市场经济体也是相关的。印度和印尼这样的国家当前所面临的潜在财务危机，部分原因是由于庞大的预算赤字，另一个重要原因是长期的食品和能源补贴。人为的保持家庭食品和能源的低价格被证明不仅是毁灭性的昂贵支出，而且对实现纾解贫困这一目标极为无效。