Fast-Tracking Telecommunications Reform In Southern Africa

Event Reference:

TIPS/DPRU Forum 2003: The Challenge of Growth and Poverty: The South African Economy Since Democracy

Year:

2003

Publication Author(s):

Riley Allen, J.

Linked to organisation:

Development Policy Research Unit

Organisation:

DPRU

This paper will identify differences in sector development in countries that have proceeded along various paths for sector reform. International experience demonstrates that economies adopting a more ambitious path for liberalization and market- friendly forms of subsidization perform better after liberalization. Economies that adopt both a policy of liberalization and privatization are the best performers.

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