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New tools for studying network industry reforms in developing cuntries : The telecommunications and electricity regulation database

Haggerty, Luke (contributor) - 2004

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Bulgaria's Policy for Regulatory Reform in the European Union : Converging with Europe's Best Regulatory Environments

World Bank - 2013

Economy and Energy to develop a national plan for better regulation. The goal is to progressively achieve a low-cost, low … intended to improve the ability of the central government to promote regulatory reform, to build better regulation practices … through the institutions of governments, and to improve the quality of both the stock and the flow of regulation on a …

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Air Transport : Annual Report 2021

World Bank - 2022

Air transport plays an important role in fostering development, particularly in facilitating economic integration, generating trade, promoting tourism, and creating employment opportunities. It facilitates integration into the global economy and provides vital connectivity on a national,...

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Liberalization and Universal Access to Basic Services : Telecommunications, Water and Sanitation, Financial Services, and Electricity

World Bank - 2013

Access to basic services plays an important role in both individual well-being and a country's economic development. For this reason, general availability of these services to citizens, regardless of income level and geographical location, has generally been viewed as an important public policy...

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Regulating Utilities

World Bank - 2012

Regulating infrastructure utilities can be extremely complex and fraught with risks of political interference and capture by interest groups, especially in countries with little tradition of politically independent government agencies. To deal with these challenges, policymakers and regulators...

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The Role of Postal Networks in Expanding Access to Financial Services : Egypt's Postal Finance Services

World Bank - 2013

This paper discusses the role of the postal network in expanding access to financial services in Egypt. It reviews the public postal operator within the postal sector and within the broader context of the communications sector. The roles of the postal network and state and privately-owned banks...

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Navigating Beyond COVID-19 : Airline Recovery and Regulatory Reform Opportunities in Southern Africa

World Bank - 2022

crisis, the air transport sector in the region faced multipronged challenges, including those related to economic regulation …

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Lessons from international experience with electricity market monitoring

Wolak, Frank A. - 2005

"The author first describes those features of the electricity supply industry that make a prospective market monitoring process essential to a well-functioning wholesale market. Some of these features are shared with the securities industry, although the technology of electricity production and...

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Core indicators for determinants and performance of the electricity sector in developing countries

Jamasb, Tooraj - 2005

"Since the early 1990s, substantial resources and efforts have been spent on implementing market-oriented electricity reforms in developing countries. While there are important sectoral, economic, and social dimensions involved in electricity reform, empirical analysis and evaluation of reforms...

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Foreign aid and market-liberalizing reform

Heckelman, Jac C. - 2005

"Market-oriented economic policies-reflected in limited economic activity by government, protection of private property rights, sound monetary policy, outward orientation regarding trade and efficient tax and regulatory policy-have been strongly linked to faster rates of economic growth. Foreign...

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