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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 …
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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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Promoting access to primary equity markets : a legal and regulatory approach
Grose, Claire - 2006
"This paper examines legal and regulatory measures that can be taken to promote access to the primary market in emerging market economies. While capital market development depends on many factors including, primarily, a favorable macroeconomic environment, an appropriately designed and effective...
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The price of inconvertible deposits : the stock market boom during the Argentine crisis
Horen, Neeltje van - 2003
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Domestic Regulation and Global Movement of Skilled Professionals : A Case Study of Indian Professionals in the United States
World Bank - 2013
countries in engineering and technical human capital. In India, the largest developing country exporter of skilled services, the …
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India : The Regulation of Microfinance - An Analysis of Recent Proposals
World Bank - 2013
of the microfinance community have engaged with the Government of India in a dialogue regarding the regulation of … (MFIs) operating in India and (ii) legal permission to engage in deposit-taking with lower and fewer entry barriers. Members …
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