Regulatory reform in the power sector of most transition economies has progressed. Regulatory independence, however, is still limited with direct (statutory) and indirect political input influencing decision making. Further reform is required to secure power tariff increases and private sector participation. Both should improve sector performance, notwithstanding current market sentiment toward...

of health care practices that are not integrated into its dominant health care system [1] . Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is attracting more and more attention within the context of health care provision and health sector reform. Practicing CAM is not free of contradictory views and reaction ranged from enthusiasm to skepticism. Use of CAM remains widespread in developing countri...

BACKGROUND Liberalization and decentralization of public sector has been triggered in some developing countries and in Iran by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME) that granted autonomy to 54 public hospitals. However, establishment of such a complex organizational reform was rather unsuccessful. We aimed to explore the obstacles and barriers caused such a failure and their mech...

The constitutional reform of telecommunications approved in 2013 offered a historic opportunity to fix and restructure Mexico's anemic telecommunications sector. While the original reform initiative seemed to address key problems at the root of the dysfunctional system, the secondary laws have been widely criticized by public policy experts and human rights advocates. Beyond issues regarding fr...

background in 2004, the health system in iran initiated an organizational reform aiming to increase the autonomy of teaching hospitals and make them more decentralized. the policy led to the formation of a board of trustees in each hospital and significant modifications in hospitals’ financing. since the reform aimed to improve its predecessor policy (implementation of hospital autonomy began i...

conclusions with regard to the current challenges in iran’s health system, using risk-adjusted capitation as a primary healthcare payment system can lead to useful changes in the health system’s features. however, future research should focus on the development of the risk-adjusted capitation model. background when a country’s health system is faced with fundamental flaws that require the redes...

This article addresses the problem of how to determine the optimal allocation of public expenditure in the health sector. The first part poses the question: How should the set of services provided in the public health care system and the fees charged for them be chosen to maximize the health status of the population with a fixed budget? First, the findings show that policy reform should take in...

Deregulation was launched as a concept in the United States more than a decade ago; the European Union Commission has also formally announced that electric deregulation must be completed by the end of 2005. Deregulation or reform has already been a popular topic on the Electricity Power Sector. This paper will discuss the restructuring and regulatory reforms in the PR China’s power sector. It b...