Is there cross-country policy convergence on telecommunications regulatory reform in Pacific island states? This paper analyses regulatory reforms in five Pacific island countries: Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa and Papua New Guinea. It finds that the countries with better telecommunications...

Telecommunications regulatory reform is a recent phenomenon in small island developing states, including in five Pacific island states in the past five years. Opportunities for regulatory capture exist when independent regulators are vulnerable to political pressure. There is therefore a case...

While there has been much fanfare about the early outcomes of telecommunications reform in Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu, less attention has been given to the regulatory challenges these countries encountered in the early stages of the reform programs. This study examined the role and effectiveness of...