Abstract General practitioner (GP) care in Germany is characterized by a disparate distribution of GPs, explain Stefan Greß und Klaus Stegmüller. There is considerable oversupply in many urban areas while there is undersupply in many rural regions. Centralized planning of GP capacities so far...

Building on a recent groundbreaking OECD/World Bank seminar, this volume explores whether and how trade liberalisation can contribute to achieving universal service goals and the types of complementary policies required. It focuses on experiences in four sectors - telecommunications, water and...