Shirley, Mary M.Tusubira, F.F.Gebreab, FrewHaggarty, Luke2014-08-112014-08-112002-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19277The paper documents the case of Uganda's telecommunications reform. Uganda is one of only two countries in Africa that decided to privatize telecommunications in a competitive framework by selling a second national operator license. The authors find that Uganda did not sacrifice significant sales proceeds by choosing competition, but instead gained tremendously in both the speed and scale of investment from its early focus on competition.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOASSETSBASE YEARBIDDINGBUSINESS OPPORTUNITYCONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKCPIDATA SERVICESDEBTDECISION MAKINGDONOR AGENCIESECONOMIC EXPANSIONELECTRICITYEMPLOYMENTEXPENDITURESFORECASTSGDP DEFLATORGDP GROWTH RATEGDP PER CAPITAGOVERNMENT SUBSIDIESINFLATIONINVENTORIESLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLICENSESLICENSINGMACROECONOMIC PROBLEMSMACROECONOMICSMONOPOLIESMONOPOLYMONOPOLY RENTSNETWORKSOPERATING EXPENSESPAYPHONESPER CAPITA INCOMEPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL SYSTEMSPOTENTIAL INVESTORSPRIVATE PROPERTYPRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTSPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONPROPERTY RIGHTSPROVISIONSPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SECTOR DEFICITRADIOREAL GDPREALISMREGULATORY FRAMEWORKRURAL TELEPHONYSATELLITESSTATE OWNED ENTERPRISESTAXTAX REVENUESTECHNOLOGICAL CHANGETECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESSTELECOMMUNICATIONTELECOMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURETELECOMMUNICATION SERVICESTELECOMMUNICATIONSTELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIESTELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICYTELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMTELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMSTELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTORTELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR REFORMSTELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICESTELECOMSTELECOMS SERVICESTELEPHONE SERVICETELEPHONESUNDERESTIMATESUNIVERSAL ACCESSUNIVERSAL SERVICEVALUATION10.1596/1813-9450-2864