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Liberalizing Basic Telecommunications : The Asian Experience

dc.contributor.author Fink, Carsten
dc.contributor.author Mattoo, Aaditya
dc.contributor.author Rathindran, Randeep
dc.date.accessioned 2014-08-19T18:27:22Z
dc.date.available 2014-08-19T18:27:22Z
dc.date.issued 2001-11
dc.description.abstract The authors examine the liberalization of the basic telecommunications sector in Asian countries with a view to identifying good policy and determining how multilateral negotiations can promote it. They find that most Asian governments, despite the move away from traditional public monopolies, are still unwilling to allow unrestricted entry, eliminate limits on private and foreign ownership, and establish strong, independent regulators. But where comprehensive reform has been undertaken-including privatization, competition, and regulation-the availability of main lines, the quality of service, and the productivity of labor are significantly higher. Somewhat surprisingly, little unilateral liberalization has occurred since the last round of telecommunications negotiations under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). The new round therefore faces the challenge of not merely harvesting unilateral liberalization, as in the past, but of negotiating away existing restrictions. Since quantitative restrictions on the number of telecommunications service suppliers are pervasive, deepened GATS rules could help ensure transparent and nondiscriminatory allocation of licenses. There may also be a need to sharpen the regulatory principles established in the last round and to create rules that safeguard not only the rights of foreign suppliers but also those of consumers. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/11/1637785/liberalizing-basic-telecommunications-asian-experience
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19442
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2718
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject AGRICULTURE
dc.subject ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
dc.subject ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
dc.subject BARRIERS TO ENTRY
dc.subject BUSINESS COOPERATION
dc.subject BUSINESS PLANS
dc.subject COLLABORATION
dc.subject CONSUMERS
dc.subject ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
dc.subject ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES
dc.subject ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subject ECONOMIC THEORY
dc.subject ECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subject EMPIRICAL BASIS
dc.subject EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS
dc.subject FINANCIAL CRISES
dc.subject FIXED COSTS
dc.subject GDP
dc.subject GDP PER CAPITA
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject INEFFICIENCY
dc.subject KNOW-HOW
dc.subject LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject LICENSING
dc.subject MARKET LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject MONOPOLIES
dc.subject MONOPOLY
dc.subject NATURAL MONOPOLY
dc.subject NETWORK GROWTH
dc.subject NETWORK OPERATIONS
dc.subject OLIGOPOLY
dc.subject POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject PRICE CONTROLS
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject PROGRAMS
dc.subject RADIO
dc.subject REGULATORY AGENCIES
dc.subject REGULATORY AGENCY
dc.subject REGULATORY PRINCIPLES
dc.subject TAXATION
dc.subject TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
dc.subject TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
dc.subject TELECOM SECTOR
dc.subject TELECOMMUNICATION
dc.subject TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS
dc.subject TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES
dc.subject TELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subject TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETS
dc.subject TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS
dc.subject TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY
dc.subject TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM
dc.subject TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMS
dc.subject TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR
dc.subject TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
dc.subject TELEPHONE LINES
dc.subject TELEPHONY
dc.subject UNDERSEA CABLES
dc.subject UNIVERSAL SERVICE
dc.subject UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUNDS
dc.subject UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATIONS
dc.subject URUGUAY ROUND
dc.subject WELFARE GAINS
dc.title Liberalizing Basic Telecommunications : The Asian Experience en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2001-11-30
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/11/1637785/liberalizing-basic-telecommunications-asian-experience
okr.globalpractice Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice Education
okr.globalpractice Transport and ICT
okr.globalpractice Governance
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-2718
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000094946_01120804005096
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 1637785
okr.identifier.report WPS2718
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2002/01/17/000094946_01120804005096/Rendered/PDF/multi0page.pdf en
okr.region.administrative East Asia and Pacific
okr.sector Telecommunications & Informatics
okr.sector Information and communications
okr.topic Economic Theory and Research
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Knowledge Economy
okr.topic International Terrorism and Counterterrorism
okr.topic Environmental Economics and Policies
okr.topic Public Sector Development :: Decentralization
okr.topic Education :: Education for the Knowledge Economy
okr.topic Information and Communication Technologies :: ICT Policy and Strategies
okr.unit Trade, Development Research Group
okr.volume 1
relation.isSeriesOfPublication 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87
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