LIRNEasia TRE research discussed in ITU report
The ITU’s World Information Society Report 2007 contains the following discussion of one of LIRNEasia’s flagship products, the Telecom Regulatory Environment (TRE) assessment, in Chapter 2, Bridging the digital divide (p. 32).
“One innovative approach adopted recently in the Asian market is to try to quantify the extent of sector reform. LIRNEAsia has conducted research into the regulatory environment in six Asian economies (India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand). Their research is based on interviews rating performance in market entry, scarce resources, interconnection, prices, anticompetitive practices and universal service. Their evaluation of the regulatory environment is in general agreement with sector performance, as measured by the DOI. However, the fit is not perfect: for instance, Sri Lanka actually gained two places in the DOI, but it lagged behind, ranked fourth out of the six countries in regulatory performance. This suggests lags in relating changes in the regulatory environment to sector performance.”
The most current version of the TRE results was presented at the Pakistan Telecom Authority workshop in Islamabad, July 15, 2007. The final paper will be presented at the 35th Telecom Policy Research Conference in Virginia, USA, September 30, 2007 and will be available at the LIRNEasia website prior to that.
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