e-Parliaments
The Use of Information and Communication Technologies to Improve Parliamentary Processes

Fiscal Policy and Growth
An Application to Sub Saharan Economies

The Role of the State and Consequences of Alternative Forms of Public Expenditure Financing

A Primer on Efficiency Measurement for Utilities and Transport Regulators
This book provides an overview of the techniques offered to regulators of recently “privatized” utilities and transport services. Designed as a starter kit, the book not only surveys the options available, but also provides guidelines as to how to chose between these options, identifying the costs and benefits of the various approaches in situations most relevant to regulators. It covers the measurement of efficiency in the context of a tariff revision aiming at redistributing at least some of the efficiency gains from the producers to the users. The book also addresses the challenges from comparative efficiency assessments allowing the introduction of yardstick competition.
2003. 148 pages. ISBN 0-8213-5379-9. SKU 15379. $22.00
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The Right to Tell: The Role of Media in Economic Development
This volume explore the role of the media as a watchdog of government and the corporate sector, and the policies that prevent the media from exercising that role. The book assesses the media’s function as transmitters of new ideas and information.
2002. 336 pages. ISBN 0-8213-5203-2. SKU 15203. $35.00
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