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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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New tools for studying network industry reforms in developing cuntries : The telecommunications and electricity regulation database
Haggerty, Luke (contributor) - 2004
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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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Lessons from international experience with electricity market monitoring
Wolak, Frank A. - 2005
an efficient wholesale market. These features of the electricity supply industry also make antitrust or competition law …
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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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Removing Regulatory Barriers to Competition
World Bank - 2021
inclusive way for the poorest households. Kosovo has made significant progress towards pro-competition regulation of product …Competition can drive productivity growth in Kosovo, especially in the context of the post-Coronavirus disease 2019 … recover from economic shocks more quickly. Competition in product markets can also prop-up economic recovery in a more …
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Bulgaria's Policy for Regulatory Reform in the European Union : Converging with Europe's Best Regulatory Environments
World Bank - 2013
competition while preparing Bulgarian companies to prosper within the largest economy in the world. Bulgaria has already made … 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 …
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013544933
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Regulatory effectiveness : the impact of regulation and regulatory governance arrangements on electricity industry outcomes
Stern, Jon - 2005
"The authors review a number of studies on the effectiveness of utility regulatory agency and governance arrangements for the electricity industry, particularly for developing countries. They discuss governance criteria and their measurement, both legal frameworks and surveys of regulatory...
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