procedures, internationalisation needs to be fostered, and competition strengthened. In addition, the negative impact of the …

enhance product-market competition, improve innovation efforts and ameliorate the quality of education, which are key to …

Russia in 2003 embarked on the restructuring of its electricity sector. The reform is intended to introduce competition … into electricity production and supply, leaving dispatch, transmission and distribution as regulated natural monopolies … characterised by real competition based on economically meaningful prices. There are two dangers here. The first is that private …

recurrent cuts in shipments of natural gas from Argentina since 2004 have put additional strain on regulation in the electricity … network industries (electricity, gas and telecoms), where further liberalisation, particularly in electricity retailing, and …

competition in the service sector resulting from strict product market regulation and the low level of import penetration and … competition policy and reduce barriers to trade and inflows of FDI. Special attention should be given to factors limiting …, energy and business services. Finally, it is essential to increase competition in public services, such as health and …

. Competition has an important role to play in achieving such gains. However, Korea’s development strategy has tended to weaken … competition and has left a legacy of government intervention. Strengthening competition requires upgrading competition policy … industries, notably electricity and gas, have lagged behind schedule. Price distortions and the absence of independent …

The paper examines the current state of competition in a number of sectors that are important for the economy. Because …, rather than some standard indicators of competition stance. The competition law and institutions are generally well …

This paper assesses Brazil’s regulatory framework and agencies for several network industries (electricity, oil and gas … end, recent initiatives include a new regulatory model for the electricity sector, and new draft legislation on the role … industries, particularly in electricity, is well thought out but the risk of regulatory failure should not be underestimated …

The OECD Growth Study and other empirical work have shown that the strength of competition in product markets plays an … sense. More intense competition is likely to encourage stronger efforts of managers to improve efficiency and induce higher … economic reforms. Attention is then turned to indicators of product market competition to gauge the strength of competitive …

loop. In the still publicly owned electricity sector, however, competition in generation and sales is so far virtually non …This paper discusses the current state of product market competition in Iceland, including the legal and regulatory … competition law since the early 1990s have strengthened competitive forces in many sectors of the economy, and proposed amendments …