Documents et rapports
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Regulators and the poor - Lessons from the United Kingdom (anglais)
The author studies a number of ways in which British regulators have helped poorer consumers. British Telecommunications offers a lower user tariff, and a very cheap service with most outgoing calls barred...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2386 Date du document: 31 juillet 2000 Auteur: Green, Richard
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Public policy for the private sector (anglais)
A scorecard for energy reform in developing countries. Private participation in the transmission and distribution of natural gas - recent trends. Regulation in new natural gas markets - the Northern Ireland...
Type de document: Bulletin d’information Numéro du rapport: 19690 Date du document: 30 juin 1999 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bacon, Robert W.,Izaguirre, Ada Katrina,Lehmann, Peter,Rasmussen, Karen T.,Green, Richard,Gomez-Lobo, Andres,Foster, Vivien,Komives, Kristin,Brook Cowen, PenelopeJ.,Saghir, Jamal,Sherwood, Elisabeth,Macoun, Andrew,Tynan, Nicola Caroline,Rebelo, Jorge M.
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Checks and balances in utility regulation - The U.K. experience (anglais)
In the United States the courts have long been involved in the oversight of regulators. In the United Kingdom, which created its utility regulators from scratch in the 1980s, an alternative system was...
Type de document: Point de vue Numéro du rapport: 19652 Date du document: 31 mai 1999 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Green, Richard
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Resetting price controls for privatized utilities : a manual for regulators (anglais)
This manual describes the task that an economic regulator should undertake when revising the price control for a regulated company. The aim of regulation is to protect consumers, while ensuring that the...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 19016 Date du document: 28 février 1999 Auteur: Green, Richard,Rodriguez Pardina, Martin Augusto
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Public policy for the private sector (anglais)
Utility regulators - the independence debate. Utility regulators - roles and responsibilities. Utility regulators - decisionmaking structures, resources and start-up strategy. Utility regulation - a critical...
Type de document: Bulletin d’information Numéro du rapport: 17407 Date du document: 31 décembre 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Green, Richard,Vass, Peter,Chisari, Omar Osvaldo,Estache, Antonio,Orton Romero, Carlos Rafael,De Rus Mendoza, Gines,Thompson, Louis Stanley,Budin, Karim-Jacques,Smith, Warrick P.
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Utility regulation : a critical path for revising price controls (anglais)
Many countries are privatizing their infrastructure sectors, setting up independent regulatory agencies, and putting in place transparent control instruments and processes for the regulator to ensure that...
Type de document: Point de vue Numéro du rapport: 17369 Date du document: 30 novembre 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Green, Richard
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Has the price cap regulation of U.K. utilities been a success? (anglais)
Price controls -- typically reviewed every five years in the United Kingdom -- have been controversial. The author traces the development of U.K. price controls and explains that the initial controls for...
Type de document: Point de vue Numéro du rapport: 17232 Date du document: 30 novembre 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Green, Richard