Applying regulation and restructuring to achieve improved infrastructure performance

GUSTAVO FERRO

Pretoria, Sudáfrica

Workshop; Economic Regulation and Restructuring of Infrastructure Industries Workshop; 2004

Trade and Industrial Policy Strategy

I cover the following issues in my presentation on Argentina's experience •      The Argentine privatisation programme: it’s rationale and execution. •      The macro-economic shocks to the Argentine economy. •      The performance of the privatisation programme. •      Some problems faced by regulators. •      The universal service issue in theory and practice. I include the following items in my presentation on Principles of Good Regulation: Incentives, disincentives and optimal regulation. Competition policy, legislation and institutions. Regulatory instruments, price caps, rates of return.