Liberalisation And Universal Access To Basic Services

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264028684
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book OECD Trade Policy Studies Liberalisation and Universal Access to Basic Services Telecommunications, Water and Sanitation, Financial Services, and Electricity written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2006-10-26 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores whether and how trade liberalisation can contribute to achieving universal service goals in telecommunications, water and sanitation, financial services, and electricity, and the types of complementary policies that may be required.

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberalisation and Universal Access to Basic Services written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to basic services plays an important role in both individual well-being and a country's economic development. Building on a OECD/World Bank seminar, this volume explores whether and how trade liberalization can contribute to achieving universal service goals and the types of complementary policies required.

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Publisher : Overseas Dev't Institute
ISBN 13 : 0850038928
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The contribution of services to development and the role of trade liberalisation and regulation written by and published by Overseas Dev't Institute. This book was released on 2008 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Barnali Choudhury
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139789767
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Services and International Trade Liberalization written by Barnali Choudhury and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does public service liberalization pose a threat to gender and human rights? Traditionally considered essential services provided by a state to its citizens, public services are often viewed as public goods which embody social values. Subjecting them to market ideology thus raises concerns that the intrinsic social nature of these services will be negated. Moreover, as those most likely to be reliant on public services, public service liberalization may also further marginalize women. Nevertheless, states continue to increasingly liberalize public services. Barnali Choudhury explores the implications of public service liberalization. Using primarily a legal approach, but drawing from case studies, empirical research and gender theories, she examines whether liberalization under the General Agreement on Trade in Services and other liberalization vehicles such as preferential trade and investment agreements compromise human rights and gender objectives.

Author : Olga Batura
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9462650810
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Universal Service in WTO and EU law written by Olga Batura and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-07 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a systematic comparative study of WTO and EU law relevant for universal service provision, and a timely contribution to the ongoing scholarly and policy debates about the concept and scope of universal service. Universal service is one of the most significant regulatory issues worldwide and it is likely to remain so. The central question dealt with by the author is how the technologically intensive sector of telecommunications services can be regulated in a socially fair way in the light of liberalisation and the immense importance of ICTs in the Information Society. The author investigates whether the legal frameworks of WTO and EU can meet the challenges of the rapid and dramatic technological and social change and formulates relevant policy recommendations. The book is of interest to both scholars and practitioners in several disciplines, such as EU and WTO law, telecommunications law and regulation, political science regarding market regulation and governance as well as European integration and WTO. Olga Batura is affiliated to the Leuphana Law School, University of Lüneburg, Germany, and to the European Humanities University in Vilnius, Lithania.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264036784
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book OECD Annual Report 2007 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2007-04-30 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive report on OECD activities in 2006-2007.

Author : Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107328705
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poverty and the International Economic Legal System written by Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a focus on how trade, foreign investment, commercial arbitration and financial regulation rules affect impoverished individuals, Poverty and the International Economic Legal System examines the relationship between the legal rules of the international economic law system and states' obligations to reduce poverty. The contributors include leading practitioners, practice-oriented scholars and legal theorists, who discuss the human aspects of global economic activity without resorting to either overly dogmatic human rights approaches or technocratic economic views. The essays extend beyond development discussions by encouraging further efforts to study, improve and develop legal mechanisms for the benefit of the world's poor and challenging traditionally de-personified legal areas to engage with their real-world impacts.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264030360
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latin American Economic Outlook 2008 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2007-11-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first OECD Latin American Economic Outlook provides original insights and comparative indicators on four key issues: fiscal performance and democratic legitimacy, pension fund reform, telecommunications access, and trade with China and India.

Author : Alain Strowel
Publisher : Primento
ISBN 13 : 2802743309
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Net Neutrality in Europe – La neutralité de l'Internet en Europe written by Alain Strowel and published by Primento. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La neutralité de l’Internet requiert de garantir aux usagers un accès égal à tous les services et contenus en ligne. En pratique, la gestion du trafic oblige les opérateurs à différencier certains paquets d’information circulant sur les réseaux, par exemple pour lutter contre les messages indésirables. Parfois le traitement différencié des contenus engendre des discriminations non justifiées. Ainsi, en est-il si un opérateur en place dégrade un service concurrent de téléphonie sur Internet, tel que Skype. Le droit de la concurrence permet a priori de sanctionner un tel comportement anti-concurrentiel. Mais cela suffit-il à assurer la neutralité des réseaux ? Par ailleurs, l’augmentation rapide du trafic et l’ampleur des investissements à faire dans les infrastructures du futur incitent les opérateurs à limiter les débits de base, tout en garantissant la qualité de services spécialisés, par exemple de vidéoconférence. Cette différenciation des offres a un prix. On s’éloigne du principe originel de l’Internet qui veut que toutes les communications soient traitées de la même manière. Depuis quelques années, des académiques et pionniers de l’Internet dénoncent le risque d’un Internet « à plusieurs vitesses ». Aujourd’hui, les voix des consommateurs se font entendre. Faut-il adopter une législation spécifique ? Le cadre actuel des télécommunications en Europe suffit-il pour garantir la neutralité ? Mais d’abord, comment définir la neutralité de l’Internet ? Telles sont quelques-unes des questions que cet ouvrage examine à un moment où la neutralité de l’Internet revient dans l’actualité. En juin 2013, la Commission européenne a en effet affiché sa volonté de légiférer en la matière. Le présent recueil de contributions vient donc à point nommé. This book summarizes the state of discussions regarding net neutrality in Europe. It comes at the time the European Commission intends to legislate to guarantee the right of all citizens to access the open Internet. Net neutrality is not only about how to ensure the fundamental right to receive and impart online information. The rules on the protection of consumers, by fostering transparency, also contribute to Internet neutrality and openness. Similarly competition law prohibits anti-competitive discrimination, including in Internet communications. Net neutrality thus appears at the juncture of various areas of the law. The contributions of this book compare the merits of various forms of regulation and discuss the policy dimensions of the net neutrality debate.

Author : Christian Joerges
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782254900
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The European Crisis and the Transformation of Transnational Governance written by Christian Joerges and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debate on law, governance and constitutionalism beyond the state is confronted with new challenges. In the EU, confidence in democratic transnational governance has been shaken by the authoritarian and unsocial practices of crisis management. The ambition of this book, which builds upon many years of close co-operation between its contributors, is to promote a viable interdisciplinary alternative to these developments. “Conflicts-law constitutionalism” is a concept of transnational governance which derives democratic legitimacy from the supranational control of the external impact of national decision-making, on the one hand, and the co-operative responses to problem interdependencies on the other. The first section of the book contrasts Europe's new modes of economic governance and crisis management with the conditionality of international investments, and reflects upon the communalities and differences between emergency Europe and global exceptionalism. Subsequent sections substantiate the problématique of executive and technocratic rule, explore conflict constellations of prime importance in the fields of environmental and labour law, and discuss the impact and limits of liberalisation strategies. Throughout the book, European and transnational developments are compared and evaluated.