“…Such a reallocation stands in contrast to the direct cash assistance that was imposed under the reform, and aims at protecting the consumption level of the targeted recipients against high price levels (Cockburn et al, 2018;Cooke, Hague, Tiberti, Cockburn, & El Lahga, 2015;El-Katiri & Fattouch, 2015;Feltenstein, 2017;Feng, Hubacek, Liu, Marchán, & Vogt-Schilb, 2018;IEA et al, 2010;Laderchi, 2014). Cockburn et al (2018) found that the poverty increases due to fuel subsidy cuts in Egypt and Jordan could be offset if the saving reallocation of the cash transfer was put into practice. Besides, Siddiq, et al (2015) underlined the greatest effect of the fund transfer targeting the oil refinery sector, yet, the provision of cash assistance to poor households had a relatively fair improvement in domestic production.…”