Regulating Development

Evidence from Africa and Latin America

AvEdmund Amann

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Regulating Development examines the impact that regulation - good or bad - can have on the development of poorer societies. It opens with a succinct review of critical issues, including the implications of the spread of intellectual property rights legislation and the role of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).The volume examines the regulatory experiences of three important developing economies: Brazil, Ghana and South Africa. Key regulatory themes are analysed, most notably capital markets and corporate governance regulation, the regulation of the telecommunications sector and the use of regulatory reforms to promote the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises. Within each chapter policy lessons are drawn, the relevance of which extend well beyond national or even regional boundaries. The principal aim of the book is to show the extent to which regulation is moving increasingly to centre stage as a driver of development in Africa and Latin America. The book also demonstrates how thoughtful, well-planned regulation can make a real contribution to the emergence of supply-side competitiveness.This book will be invaluable reading for academics, researchers and students with an interest in economics and development studies, as well as for regulators and policymakers in developing countries.

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Utgivningsdatum:2006-03-29
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:The CRC Series on Competition, Regulation and Development
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781845424992

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Edited by Edmund Amann, Senior Lecturer in Development Economics, University of Manchester, UK and Affiliate Research Associate Professor, Regional Economics Applications Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, US

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Contents:Preface1. IntroductionEdmund AmannPart I: General Considerations2. Creating the Conditions for International Business Expansion: The Impact of Regulation on Economic Growth in Developing Countries – A Cross-Country AnalysisHossein Jalilian, Colin Kirkpatrick and David Parker3. The World Trade Organisation and Domestic RegulationPeter Holmes4. Learning to Love Patents: Capacity Building, Intellectual Property and the (Re)production of Governance Norms in the ‘Developing World’Christopher MayPart II: The Latin American Experience5. From the Developmental to the Regulatory State: The Transformation of the Government’s Impact on the Brazilian EconomyEdmund Amann and Werner Baer6. Brazilian Regulatory Agencies: Early Appraisal and Looming Challenges Andrea Goldstein and José Claudio Linhares Pires7. Corporate Governance, Regulation and the Lingering Role of the State in the Post Privatized Brazilian Steel IndustryEdmund Amann, João Carlos Ferraz and Germano Mendes de PaulaPart III: The African Experience8. Privatization and Regulation in South Africa: An EvaluationAfeikhena Jerome9. A Comparative Analysis of the Performance of Public and Private Water Utilities in AfricaColin Kirkpatrick, David Parker and Yin-Fang Zhang10. Why Regulations Matter: A Small-Business PerspectiveJudi Hudson11. The Changing Regulatory Environment and its Implications for the Performance of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises in GhanaErnest Aryeetey and Ama Asantewah Ahene12. Regulating for Competition: The Case of Telkom in South AfricaOludele A. Akinboade and Fungai SibandaIndex