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Competitive dynamics of telecommunications markets in South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Robb, Genna; Paelo, Anthea - 2020
dynamics of telecommunications markets in four SADC countries and relates this to outcomes for consumers. From a mobile … suggest that regulation has often been ineffective in facilitating competition in telecommunications markets in SADC. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424070
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Comparative approaches to key issues in the economic regulation of telecommunications markets in South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Paelo, Anthea; Robb, Genna - 2020
innovation in telecommunications services. In this paper, regulatory models in South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424071
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Outfits: Narrowly tailored laws that harm instead of help ; a case study of Liberia's telecommunication laws
de la Cruz Gitau, Rosalia - 2011
The telecommunications sector in Africa presents many exciting prospects to international investors - indeed many … study, the author examines the legal framework governing telecommunications in Liberia. This study argues that Liberia …'s current telecommunications laws prejudicially favour foreign investors to the unnecessary detriment of local interests. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280129
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The regulation of interconnection and regulatory alignment in the Southern African Development Community
Nsomba, Grace - 2021
This paper analyses interconnection in telecommunications markets in the Southern African Development Community (SADC … regional experience in terms of the cross-country integration of telecommunications markets through international calls and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705324
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Senegal: A service economy in need of an export boost
English, E. Philip - 2016
This paper first summarizes the macroeconomic and trade performance of Senegal, emphasizing the limits of traditional exports. It then focuses on three export sectors which have had some success in the past and have good potential for future growth: tourism, horticulture and information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653962
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US policy contributions to agricultural commodity price fluctuations, 2006 - 12
Rausser, Gordon C.; De Gorter, Harry - 2013
Since 2006, global prices and price volatility for foodgrain commodities have spiked frequently and dramatically. Such spikes have had the heaviest economic and social impact on developing nations, where agriculture accounts for a sizable portion of economic activity. We demonstrate how US...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319827
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Climate change impacts on Moroccan agriculture and the whole economy: An analysis of the impacts of the Plan Maroc Vert in Morocco
Ouraich, Ismail; Tyner, Wallace E. - 2014
The paper provides estimates of economic impacts of climate change, compares these with historical impacts of drought spells, and estimates the extent to which the current Moroccan agricultural development and investment strategy, the Plan Maroc Vert, helps in agricultural adaptation to climate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420610
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Influence of institutional factors on the performance of the agricultural sector in Mozambique
Carrilho, João Z.; Ribeiro, Rui N. - 2020
This paper is a review of the institutions and the performance of the agricultural sector in Mozambique, using an analysis table adapted to the assessment of the connections between the institutions and economic development. In the first part, information is presented on the performance of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424115
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The relative neglect of agriculture in Mozambique
Carrilho, João Z.; Ferreira, Ines A.; Ribeiro, Rui N.; … - 2021
This paper explores agricultural performance of Mozambique, its institutional weaknesses, and the underlying factors that underpin an unsatisfactory performance during many decades. We point to the role of systemic political instability and violence combined with challenges to state legitimacy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705333
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From the bottom 40 to inequality lines: Sharing prosperity globally and domestically
Lopez-Noval, Borja; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Roope, Laurence - 2024
prosperity using 'inequality lines'. Analogous to poverty lines but focused on inequality, inequality lines are benchmark incomes … contrast to the B40 approach and all conventional poverty lines, inequality lines arise naturally: their location in the income … important domestic trade-offs between inequality reduction and poverty alleviation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015209823