Are cost models useful for telecoms regulators in developing countries?
By: Daniel A. Benitez ... [et al.].
Contributors: Benitez, Daniel A.; World Bank Institute. Governance, Regulation, and Finance Division.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 2384; Policy research working papers ;; 2384.
Publisher: World Bank, World Bank Institute, Governance, Regulation, and Finance
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington, DC (1818 H St., Washington, NW 20433)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 22
Subjects: Telecommunication -- Developing countries.; Telecommunication policy -- Developing countries.
Description: As developing countries build up their capacity to regulate privatized infrastructure monopolies, cost models are likely to prove increasingly important in determining the efficient cost of providing a service to a certain area or type of customer. But cost models require reliable information, which is often scarce in developing countries. Census data and the location of wire services together may help provide the minimum information a regulator needs to implement a cost proxy model, a promising regulatory tool for     assessing the efficient cost of providing a utility service.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 19).
"July 2000"--Cover.
Also available on the World Wide Web.