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New tools for studying network industry reforms in developing cuntries : The telecommunications and electricity regulation database
Haggerty, Luke (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523048
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012563538
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012556367
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557776
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012558993
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013544933
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A review of regulatory instruments to control environmental externalities from the transport sector
Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2009
"This study reviews regulatory instruments designed to reduce environmental externalities from the transport sector. The study finds that the main regulatory instruments used in practice are fuel economy standards, vehicle emission standards, and fuel quality standards. Although industrialized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394161
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Regulation and macroeconomic performance
Loayza, Norman - 2005
"Regulation is purportedly enacted to serve specific social purposes. In reality, however, it follows a more complex … its justification and objectives, regulation can have potentially significant macroeconomic consequences by helping or … Serven provide an empirical analysis of the macroeconomic impact of regulation. They first characterize the stylized facts on …
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Regulatory instruments and their effects on investment behavior
Burns, Phil - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523042
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Avoiding the Fiscal Pitfalls of Subnational Regulation : How to Optimize Local Regulatory Fees to Encourage Growth
International Finance Corporation - 2011
Since investment climate reforms in developing countries started gaining traction in the 1990s, most efforts have focused on issues at the national level, achieving varying degrees of success for reasons that are relatively well understood. This handbook provides an overview of efforts and...
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