Infrastructure and Public Utilities Privatization in Developing Countries

Privatization and Regulation of Public Utilities in Latvia

The interaction between: (i) political constraints, in part based on notions of “nation building,” and independence; (ii) the development of a suitable legal and regulatory environment; and (iii) economic constraints such as a growing state budget deficit and a recent banking crisis, are the subject of this paper. The paper will review and discuss the main political economy and competition issu...

Fiscal Impact of Privatization in Developing Countries

Privatization and Financial Performance in Developing Countries: Reality and Myth

During the 1980s, the pendulum swung back from the socialism doctrinaire that dominated the post war period, where public ownership of the productive and services sectors was emphasized. In the early 1980s, new values emerged questioning the role of the state in economic activities. As a result, the pressures mounted to shift to market economy and to rely on private initiatives to spearhead the...

Structural Contributors to Public Revenues in Developing Countries

Since 1960s and the following financial crisis in developing countries, a wide research has been conducted on financial capability of states in repayment of their debts. Though having been considered at various importance levels during the past decades, this subject seems to have today become a controversial issue in economic discourses. In principle, three indices are applied to determine the ...

The Effects of Broadband Infrastructure on Economic Growth in Developing Countries

In this paper we investigate the effects of broadband infrastructure providing high speed internet, on economic growth in developing countries. We have used two different broadband measures to classify developing countries into two groups for the period 1999-2008. By using logistic diffusion model and IV approach, a nonlinear diffusion model is specified. Differences in ceiling of diffusion cur...