This paper takes a look at the problem of education, and shows that the educational systems in developing countries are all too often ill-conceived and are not adapted to their developmental needs. Among...
The restructuring and privatization of the U.K. electricity supply - was it worth it? by David M. Newbery and Michael G. Pollitt. A retrospective on the Mexican toll road program (1989-94), by Jeff Ruster...
The author explains the drivers of the information revolution - the decline in the cost of transmitting information, the increase in the power of computing, and the shift from analog to digital information...
The author looks at how the drivers of the information revolution are transforming the structure of the telecommunications industry. The end of natural monopoly, the breakdown of the old pricing mechanisms...
This booklet contains six short articles on the information revolution and the future of telecommunications. The focus is on the role of government, especially in regulation. The first article examines...
Is privatization necessary? By John Nellis. The privatization experience of Latin America, by Mateen Thobani. Privatization by capitalization- a popular participation recipe for cash-starved SOEs in Bolivia...
Independent power projects typically are structured on a project finance basis. Guarantees to the lenders result from the project itself rather than from the project sponsors. The problem is that lenders...