In recent years, Colombia has found several innovative ways to improve the efficiency of its public enterprise sector. One option used by Colombia to reform public enterprises has been to enhance their commercial orientation and limit the fiscal risk. If a public enterprise is considered...

This Joint Staff Advisory Note focuses on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Albania. The note analyzes the National Strategy for Development and Integration (NSDI) program, which represents a significant improvement in process over the previous PRSP. The note discusses that the...

The output contractions during the initial transition stages in the Baltics and in Russia and the other CIS countries are examined across several dimensions, and the reliability of the available official statistics evaluated. The depth, length and breadth of the contractions are studied and set...

Electric companies policy makers and regulators around the world are facing calls for smart grid updates. Sometimes these upgrades make business sense and are undertaken by electric companies as has been the case with some smart grid investments in New Zealand. Frequently however the calls for...

This presentation looks at:Discussion of peculiarly grid regulation issues A quick stock take of the state of "onr market": particularly concerning the interisland link Competition and pricing the HVDC interconnection

Margaret Beardow presented Changing Attitudes to Regulation: International Evidence at the Contemporary Issues in Regulatory Theory and Practice half day workshop in Wellington in March 2005.

This presentation looks at:What is a Merits Review? The Australian Experience in Energy Regulation The New Zealand Proposal A Better Approach?