-history analysis of the determinants of reform in the telecommunications and electricity sectors of as many as 205 countries and … borrowing countries. We discuss the possibility that, by pressuring countries into policy reform, cross-national coercion and …

consequent reform drives, and the political economy involved in these aspects. The discussion in the wider canvas of the national …, not structure-specific ones. We hence question the (unfounded) logic of the structural reform in the sector now posited as …

, as a ‘bottom-up’ solution, rather than continuing attempts to force through ‘top-down’ reform of the existing state …

reform in developing countries. Important sectoral, economic, and social dimensions are involved in electricity reform, but … empirical analysis and evaluation have been of limited use for testing the economic rationale of reform and policy advice. This … indicators as a first step towards filling this gap and developing a coherent framework for studying electricity reform in …

This paper reviews the empirical evidence on electricity reform in developing countries. We find that country … institutions and sector governance play an important role in success and failure of reform; reforms appear to have increased …

’s efficiency. We use the auction data of public power procurements to study the impact of the reform on the retail power market in …