An Assessment of Telecommunications Reform in Developing Countries
The authors analyze the effect of policy reform in basic telecommunications on sectoral performance using a new panel data set for 86 developing countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America and the Caribbean over the period 198...
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okr-10986-192092021-04-23T14:03:42Z An Assessment of Telecommunications Reform in Developing Countries Fink, Carsten Mattoo, Aaditya Rathindran, Randeep AVERAGE COSTS COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSUMERS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXTERNALITIES GDP GDP PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MANAGERIAL SLACK MONOPOLIES MONOPOLY NETWORK DEVELOPMENT NETWORK EXTERNALITIES OLIGOPOLY POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PRODUCTIVITY REGULATION REGULATORY AGENCY REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY PRINCIPLES SOCIAL WELFARE SUBSTITUTION EFFECT SUNK COSTS TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TELECOM SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIBERALIZATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELEDENSITY TELEPHONE DENSITY TELEPHONY TIME SERIES TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY URBAN AREAS The authors analyze the effect of policy reform in basic telecommunications on sectoral performance using a new panel data set for 86 developing countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America and the Caribbean over the period 1985 to 1999. The authors address three questions: 1) What impact do specific policy changes-relating to ownership and competition-have on sectoral performance? 2) How is the impact of change in any one policy affected by the implementation of the other, and by the overall regulatory framework? 3) Does the sequence in which reforms are implemented affect performance? The authors find that both privatization and competition lead to significant improvements in performance. But a comprehensive reform program, involving both policies and the support of an independent regulator, produced the largest gains-an 8 percent higher level of mainlines and a 21 percent higher level of productivity compared to years of partial and no reform. Interestingly, the sequence of reform matters: mainline penetration is lower if competition is introduced after privatization, rather than at the same time. The authors also find that autonomous factors, such as technological progress, have a strong influence on telecommunications performance, accounting for an increase of 5 percent a year in teledensity and 9 percent in productivity over the period 1985 to 1999. 2014-08-01T18:46:05Z 2014-08-01T18:46:05Z 2002-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2040836/assessment-telecommunications-reform-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19209 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2909 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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AVERAGE COSTS COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSUMERS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXTERNALITIES GDP GDP PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MANAGERIAL SLACK MONOPOLIES MONOPOLY NETWORK DEVELOPMENT NETWORK EXTERNALITIES OLIGOPOLY POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PRODUCTIVITY REGULATION REGULATORY AGENCY REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY PRINCIPLES SOCIAL WELFARE SUBSTITUTION EFFECT SUNK COSTS TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TELECOM SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIBERALIZATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELEDENSITY TELEPHONE DENSITY TELEPHONY TIME SERIES TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY URBAN AREAS |
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AVERAGE COSTS COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSUMERS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXTERNALITIES GDP GDP PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MANAGERIAL SLACK MONOPOLIES MONOPOLY NETWORK DEVELOPMENT NETWORK EXTERNALITIES OLIGOPOLY POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PRODUCTIVITY REGULATION REGULATORY AGENCY REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY PRINCIPLES SOCIAL WELFARE SUBSTITUTION EFFECT SUNK COSTS TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TELECOM SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIBERALIZATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELEDENSITY TELEPHONE DENSITY TELEPHONY TIME SERIES TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY URBAN AREAS Fink, Carsten Mattoo, Aaditya Rathindran, Randeep An Assessment of Telecommunications Reform in Developing Countries |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2909 |
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The authors analyze the effect of policy
reform in basic telecommunications on sectoral performance
using a new panel data set for 86 developing countries
across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America and
the Caribbean over the period 1985 to 1999. The authors
address three questions: 1) What impact do specific policy
changes-relating to ownership and competition-have on
sectoral performance? 2) How is the impact of change in any
one policy affected by the implementation of the other, and
by the overall regulatory framework? 3) Does the sequence in
which reforms are implemented affect performance? The
authors find that both privatization and competition lead to
significant improvements in performance. But a comprehensive
reform program, involving both policies and the support of
an independent regulator, produced the largest gains-an 8
percent higher level of mainlines and a 21 percent higher
level of productivity compared to years of partial and no
reform. Interestingly, the sequence of reform matters:
mainline penetration is lower if competition is introduced
after privatization, rather than at the same time. The
authors also find that autonomous factors, such as
technological progress, have a strong influence on
telecommunications performance, accounting for an increase
of 5 percent a year in teledensity and 9 percent in
productivity over the period 1985 to 1999. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Fink, Carsten Mattoo, Aaditya Rathindran, Randeep |
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Fink, Carsten Mattoo, Aaditya Rathindran, Randeep |
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Fink, Carsten |
| title |
An Assessment of Telecommunications Reform in Developing Countries |
| title_short |
An Assessment of Telecommunications Reform in Developing Countries |
| title_full |
An Assessment of Telecommunications Reform in Developing Countries |
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An Assessment of Telecommunications Reform in Developing Countries |
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An Assessment of Telecommunications Reform in Developing Countries |
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assessment of telecommunications reform in developing countries |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2040836/assessment-telecommunications-reform-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19209 |
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