"The authors assess the effects of private capital and independent regulatory agencies on telecommunications … it affects performance and interacts with reform policies. "--World Bank web site …

, has generally been viewed as an important public policy goal. However, the precise definition of this goal and the means … experience in four sectors: telecommunications, financial, water and sanitation, and energy services. For each sector, an … also helps to determine how far the services negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO), under the general …

"Despite recent reforms, world agricultural markets remain highly distorted by government policies. Traditional … sector policies are generated without a formal model of global markets or even price elasticity estimates. "--World Bank web …

Global Development Finance (GDF), is the World Bank's annual review of recent trends in and prospects for financial …