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Welfare Effects of Introducing Competition in the Telecom Sector in Djibouti
Decoster, Xavier Stephane - 2019
Djibouti is very well placed, as a landing site of undersea fiber optic cables, to benefit from the digital economy. However, the prevalence of a single national telecom operator in the country has stifled service delivery and innovation in the telecom sector. Mobile broadband coverage and...
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Telecommunications Externality on Migration : Evidence from Chinese Villages
Lu, Yi - 2017
This paper uses a unique natural experiment in Chinese villages to investigate whether access to telecommunications … migration externality of expanding telecommunications access in rural areas, especially in places where migration potential is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973904
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Services Reform and Manufacturing Performance : Evidence from India
Arnold, Jens Matthias - 2017
about 4,000 Indian firms from1993 to 2005. They find that banking, telecommunications, insurance and transport reforms all …
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Price Structure and Network Externalities in the Telecommunications Industry : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Iimi, Atsushi - 2016
Many developing countries have experienced significant developments in their telecommunications network. Countries in … fixed-line and mobile telephone operators in 18 African countries. In theory the telecommunications sector has two sector …. Thus, price liberalization could be conducive to development of the telecommunications network led by the private sector …
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Telecommunications Performance, Reforms, and Governance
Estache, Antonio; Goicoechea, Ana; Manacorda, Marco - 2006
The authors assess the effects of private capital and independent regulatory agencies on telecommunications performance …
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Can Regulation Promote Financial Inclusion?
Chen, Ron - 2019
Despite the commitments of the development community toward broader access to finance, financial inclusion rates worldwide are rather unsatisfactory. To date, around two billion adults do not have access to basic financial services such as savings and checking accounts. Attempting to bridge such...
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Interest Rate Caps Around the World : Still Popular, But a Blunt Instrument
Maimbo, Samuel Munzele - 2017
Among other common forms of government financial control, caps on interest rates have been declining over the past several decades as most industrialized countries and a rising number of developing countries continue liberalizing their financial policies. However, in several countries the last...
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Deposit Insurance Database
Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli - 2017
This paper provides a comprehensive, global database of deposit insurance arrangements as of 2013. The authors extend their earlier dataset by including recent adopters of deposit insurance and information on the use of government guarantees on banks' assets and liabilities, including during the...
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Financial (Dis-)Information : Evidence from an Audit Study in Mexico
Giné, Xavier - 2017
An audit study was conducted in peri-urban Mexico to understand the quality of information and products offered to low-income potential customers. Trained auditors visited multiple financial institutions seeking credit and savings products. Consistent with Gabaix and Laibson (2006), staff...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973150
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Improving Access to Banking : Evidence from Kenya
Allen, Franklin - 2017
Using household surveys and bank penetration data at the district-level in 2006 and 2009, this paper examines the impact of Equity Bank -- a leading private commercial bank focusing on microfinance -- on access to banking in Kenya. Unlike other commercial banks in Kenya, Equity Bank pursues...
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