New Tools for Studying Network Industry Reforms in Developing Countries: The Telecommunications and Electricity Regulation Database

Infrastructure industries-including telecommunications, electricity, water, and gas-underwent massive structural changes in the 1990s. During that decade, hundreds of privatization transactions valued at billions of dollars were completed in these...

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Main Authors: Wallsten, Scott, Clarke, George, Haggarty, Luke, Kaneshiro, Rosario, Noll, Roger, Shirley, Mary, Colin Xu, Lixin
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3575102/new-tools-studying-network-industry-reforms-developing-countries-telecommunications-electricity-regulation-database
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spelling okr-10986-143042021-04-23T14:03:20Z New Tools for Studying Network Industry Reforms in Developing Countries: The Telecommunications and Electricity Regulation Database Wallsten, Scott Clarke, George Haggarty, Luke Kaneshiro, Rosario Noll, Roger Shirley, Mary Colin Xu, Lixin INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ELECTRICITY WATER GAS ELECTRICITY PRIVATIZATION NATURAL GAS PRIVATIZATION TRANSITION ECONOMIES MARKET LIBERALIZATION UNBUNDLING TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION GOVERNANCE ELECTRICITY REGULATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING AIRPORTS APPROPRIATIONS COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COMPETITION POLICY CORRUPTION DECISION-MAKING DEREGULATION DISPUTE RESOLUTION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEREGULATION ECONOMIC REGULATION ECONOMISTS ELECTRICITY EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ENGINEERS FISCAL FISCAL CRISES GOVERNMENT AGENCY GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS INCOME INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS INFRASTRUCTURE REGULATION INSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS INTEGRATED MONOPOLY LEVIES LICENSES MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKET POWER NATURAL MONOPOLIES NATURAL MONOPOLY PORTS POSTAL SERVICES PRIVATE SECTOR REGULATOR REGULATORS REGULATORY AGENCIES REGULATORY AGENCY REGULATORY AUTHORITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY REGULATORY BODIES REGULATORY BODY REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY INSTITUTIONS REGULATORY MECHANISMS REGULATORY POLICIES REGULATORY REGIMES ROADS TECHNICIANS TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMS TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMS TRANSPARENCY UNBUNDLING UNIVERSAL SERVICE UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATIONS UTILITIES VETO Infrastructure industries-including telecommunications, electricity, water, and gas-underwent massive structural changes in the 1990s. During that decade, hundreds of privatization transactions valued at billions of dollars were completed in these sectors in developing and transition economies. While privatization has received the most attention, reforms also included market liberalization, structural changes like unbundling, and the introduction of new laws and regulations. To date, regulations have received far less attention than their potential economic effects warrant, largely due to lack of data. In order to address this problem, the authors set out to compile a comprehensive and consistent dataset through an extensive survey of telecommunications and electricity regulators in developing countries. The authors describe the surveys and the resulting database. The database of telecommunications regulations includes 178 variables on regulatory governance and content in 45 countries. The database of electricity regulations includes 374 variables in 20 countries. 2013-07-01T16:45:45Z 2013-07-01T16:45:45Z 2004-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3575102/new-tools-studying-network-industry-reforms-developing-countries-telecommunications-electricity-regulation-database http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14304 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.3286 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic INFRASTRUCTURE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ELECTRICITY
WATER
GAS
ELECTRICITY PRIVATIZATION
NATURAL GAS PRIVATIZATION
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
MARKET LIBERALIZATION
UNBUNDLING
TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION
GOVERNANCE
ELECTRICITY REGULATION ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
AIRPORTS
APPROPRIATIONS
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
COMPETITION POLICY
CORRUPTION
DECISION-MAKING
DEREGULATION
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEREGULATION
ECONOMIC REGULATION
ECONOMISTS
ELECTRICITY
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
ENGINEERS
FISCAL
FISCAL CRISES
GOVERNMENT AGENCY
GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS
INFRASTRUCTURE REGULATION
INSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS
INTEGRATED MONOPOLY
LEVIES
LICENSES
MARKET LIBERALIZATION
MARKET POWER
NATURAL MONOPOLIES
NATURAL MONOPOLY
PORTS
POSTAL SERVICES
PRIVATE SECTOR
REGULATOR
REGULATORS
REGULATORY AGENCIES
REGULATORY AGENCY
REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
REGULATORY AUTHORITY
REGULATORY BODIES
REGULATORY BODY
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REGULATORY INSTITUTIONS
REGULATORY MECHANISMS
REGULATORY POLICIES
REGULATORY REGIMES
ROADS
TECHNICIANS
TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
TELECOMMUNICATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW
TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM
TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR
TELECOMS
TRANSPARENCY
UNBUNDLING
UNIVERSAL SERVICE
UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATIONS
UTILITIES
VETO
spellingShingle INFRASTRUCTURE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ELECTRICITY
WATER
GAS
ELECTRICITY PRIVATIZATION
NATURAL GAS PRIVATIZATION
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
MARKET LIBERALIZATION
UNBUNDLING
TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION
GOVERNANCE
ELECTRICITY REGULATION ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
AIRPORTS
APPROPRIATIONS
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
COMPETITION POLICY
CORRUPTION
DECISION-MAKING
DEREGULATION
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEREGULATION
ECONOMIC REGULATION
ECONOMISTS
ELECTRICITY
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
ENGINEERS
FISCAL
FISCAL CRISES
GOVERNMENT AGENCY
GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS
INFRASTRUCTURE REGULATION
INSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS
INTEGRATED MONOPOLY
LEVIES
LICENSES
MARKET LIBERALIZATION
MARKET POWER
NATURAL MONOPOLIES
NATURAL MONOPOLY
PORTS
POSTAL SERVICES
PRIVATE SECTOR
REGULATOR
REGULATORS
REGULATORY AGENCIES
REGULATORY AGENCY
REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
REGULATORY AUTHORITY
REGULATORY BODIES
REGULATORY BODY
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REGULATORY INSTITUTIONS
REGULATORY MECHANISMS
REGULATORY POLICIES
REGULATORY REGIMES
ROADS
TECHNICIANS
TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
TELECOMMUNICATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW
TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM
TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR
TELECOMS
TRANSPARENCY
UNBUNDLING
UNIVERSAL SERVICE
UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATIONS
UTILITIES
VETO
Wallsten, Scott
Clarke, George
Haggarty, Luke
Kaneshiro, Rosario
Noll, Roger
Shirley, Mary
Colin Xu, Lixin
New Tools for Studying Network Industry Reforms in Developing Countries: The Telecommunications and Electricity Regulation Database
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No.3286
description Infrastructure industries-including telecommunications, electricity, water, and gas-underwent massive structural changes in the 1990s. During that decade, hundreds of privatization transactions valued at billions of dollars were completed in these sectors in developing and transition economies. While privatization has received the most attention, reforms also included market liberalization, structural changes like unbundling, and the introduction of new laws and regulations. To date, regulations have received far less attention than their potential economic effects warrant, largely due to lack of data. In order to address this problem, the authors set out to compile a comprehensive and consistent dataset through an extensive survey of telecommunications and electricity regulators in developing countries. The authors describe the surveys and the resulting database. The database of telecommunications regulations includes 178 variables on regulatory governance and content in 45 countries. The database of electricity regulations includes 374 variables in 20 countries.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Wallsten, Scott
Clarke, George
Haggarty, Luke
Kaneshiro, Rosario
Noll, Roger
Shirley, Mary
Colin Xu, Lixin
author_facet Wallsten, Scott
Clarke, George
Haggarty, Luke
Kaneshiro, Rosario
Noll, Roger
Shirley, Mary
Colin Xu, Lixin
author_sort Wallsten, Scott
title New Tools for Studying Network Industry Reforms in Developing Countries: The Telecommunications and Electricity Regulation Database
title_short New Tools for Studying Network Industry Reforms in Developing Countries: The Telecommunications and Electricity Regulation Database
title_full New Tools for Studying Network Industry Reforms in Developing Countries: The Telecommunications and Electricity Regulation Database
title_fullStr New Tools for Studying Network Industry Reforms in Developing Countries: The Telecommunications and Electricity Regulation Database
title_full_unstemmed New Tools for Studying Network Industry Reforms in Developing Countries: The Telecommunications and Electricity Regulation Database
title_sort new tools for studying network industry reforms in developing countries: the telecommunications and electricity regulation database
publisher World Bank, Washington, D.C.
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3575102/new-tools-studying-network-industry-reforms-developing-countries-telecommunications-electricity-regulation-database
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