Wallsten, ScottClarke, GeorgeHaggarty, LukeKaneshiro, RosarioNoll, RogerShirley, MaryColin Xu, Lixin2013-07-012013-07-012004-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14304Infrastructure 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOINFRASTRUCTURETELECOMMUNICATIONSELECTRICITYWATERGASELECTRICITY PRIVATIZATIONNATURAL GAS PRIVATIZATIONTRANSITION ECONOMIESMARKET LIBERALIZATIONUNBUNDLINGTELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATIONGOVERNANCEELECTRICITY REGULATION ACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTINGAIRPORTSAPPROPRIATIONSCOMPARATIVE ANALYSISCOMPETITION POLICYCORRUPTIONDECISION-MAKINGDEREGULATIONDISPUTE RESOLUTIONECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC DEREGULATIONECONOMIC REGULATIONECONOMISTSELECTRICITYEMPIRICAL ANALYSISEMPIRICAL RESEARCHENGINEERSFISCALFISCAL CRISESGOVERNMENT AGENCYGOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONSINCOMEINDUSTRIAL ECONOMICSINFRASTRUCTURE REGULATIONINSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONSINTEGRATED MONOPOLYLEVIESLICENSESMARKET LIBERALIZATIONMARKET POWERNATURAL MONOPOLIESNATURAL MONOPOLYPORTSPOSTAL SERVICESPRIVATE SECTORREGULATORREGULATORSREGULATORY AGENCIESREGULATORY AGENCYREGULATORY AUTHORITIESREGULATORY AUTHORITYREGULATORY BODIESREGULATORY BODYREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREGULATORY INSTITUTIONSREGULATORY MECHANISMSREGULATORY POLICIESREGULATORY REGIMESROADSTECHNICIANSTECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESSTELECOMMUNICATIONTELECOMMUNICATIONSTELECOMMUNICATIONS LAWTELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMTELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMSTELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATIONTELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTORTELECOMSTRANSPARENCYUNBUNDLINGUNIVERSAL SERVICEUNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATIONSUTILITIESVETOWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-3286