Regulatory governance in the Latin American telecommunications sector

Starting with Chile in the early 1980s, Latin American countries have pushed telecommunications reform to create regulatory environments that encourage private investment, especially foreign investment. I look at trends in 25 Latin American and Caribbean countries during 1980-2001 and construct an i...

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Autor Principal: Gutiérrez, Luis H.
Formato: Artículo (Article)
Lenguaje:Inglés (English)
Publicado: Elsevier BV 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23442
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0957-1787(03)00062-6
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spelling ir-10336-234422022-05-02T12:37:16Z Regulatory governance in the Latin American telecommunications sector Gutiérrez, Luis H. Governance approach Investment Regulatory framework Telecommunications Latin america Regulation Regulatory governance Telecommunications Starting with Chile in the early 1980s, Latin American countries have pushed telecommunications reform to create regulatory environments that encourage private investment, especially foreign investment. I look at trends in 25 Latin American and Caribbean countries during 1980-2001 and construct an index based on the following aspects: autonomy, accountability, clarity of roles and objectives, transparency and participation, and the type of legal mandate that creates a regulatory body. The index shows clearly that, in general, most countries embraced strong regulatory reforms along the lines recommended by experts and practitioners. The index also correlates well with main political, risk, economic and telecommunications variables. © 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 2003 2020-05-26T00:02:03Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 9571787 https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23442 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0957-1787(03)00062-6 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf Elsevier BV instname:Universidad del Rosario
institution EdocUR - Universidad del Rosario
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language Inglés (English)
topic Governance approach
Investment
Regulatory framework
Telecommunications
Latin america
Regulation
Regulatory governance
Telecommunications
spellingShingle Governance approach
Investment
Regulatory framework
Telecommunications
Latin america
Regulation
Regulatory governance
Telecommunications
Gutiérrez, Luis H.
Regulatory governance in the Latin American telecommunications sector
description Starting with Chile in the early 1980s, Latin American countries have pushed telecommunications reform to create regulatory environments that encourage private investment, especially foreign investment. I look at trends in 25 Latin American and Caribbean countries during 1980-2001 and construct an index based on the following aspects: autonomy, accountability, clarity of roles and objectives, transparency and participation, and the type of legal mandate that creates a regulatory body. The index shows clearly that, in general, most countries embraced strong regulatory reforms along the lines recommended by experts and practitioners. The index also correlates well with main political, risk, economic and telecommunications variables. © 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
format Artículo (Article)
author Gutiérrez, Luis H.
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author_sort Gutiérrez, Luis H.
title Regulatory governance in the Latin American telecommunications sector
title_short Regulatory governance in the Latin American telecommunications sector
title_full Regulatory governance in the Latin American telecommunications sector
title_fullStr Regulatory governance in the Latin American telecommunications sector
title_full_unstemmed Regulatory governance in the Latin American telecommunications sector
title_sort regulatory governance in the latin american telecommunications sector
publisher Elsevier BV
publishDate 2003
url https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23442
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0957-1787(03)00062-6
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