Telecommunications Policies: Determinants and Impact

Telecommunications Policies : Determinants and Impact

This paper presents new data, in the form of four indices, on liberalization policies and the independence of regulators for a cross-section of countries. These indices are combined with a comprehensive set of performance, institutional and political data to analyze both the determinants and the impact of telecommunications policies. We find that liberalization policies are negatively associate...

Determinants of Penal Policies

Market Performance of Chinese Telecommunications: New Regulatory Policies

The structure, conduct, and performance of Chinese telecommunications are analyzed to determine reform's impact on policy objectives. Recent performance suggests that a more comprehensive reform is needed. However, China's fragmented policy environment makes large-scale reform difficult. Further deregulation of the telecommunication industry requires several related initiatives: reduction of en...

Inequality – Origins , Impact and Policies

Impact of non-health policies on infant mortality through the social determinants pathway.

Editorials 778 Infant mortality is an indicator of population health and a measure of global health inequalities. 1 Despite advances in medical sciences and acknowledgement of the role of hygiene and sanitation, survival of infants continues to be a challenge worldwide. Evidence suggests that the survival of infants after the age of one month is mainly influenced by the external environment in ...