Policy Diffusion and Telecommunications Regulation

✍ Scribed by Véronique Wavre (auth.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 212
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This study investigates regulatory reforms in the telecommunications sector of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries. It explores telecommunications innovations in three developing economies (Morocco, Jordan and Egypt), with a focus on regional and European trends in telecommunications policies. Common knowledge suggests that the European Union and its member states are the main influential regulatory power in the MENA region. However, the empirical analysis of selected telecommunications regulations: universal service obligation (USO) and spectrum management, reveals that reforms are not always determined by European countries but may also originate from other developing countries, such as Peru and Chile. This finding attests to the rise of regulatory influence from the Global South, which challenges traditional transfers of regulations originating from more industrially advanced countries.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii
Introduction (Véronique Wavre)....Pages 1-14
Theoretical Framework (Véronique Wavre)....Pages 15-30
Research Design (Véronique Wavre)....Pages 31-49
Regulatory Trends in MENA Telecommunications (Véronique Wavre)....Pages 51-68
Universal Service Obligation (USO) and Spectrum Management (Véronique Wavre)....Pages 69-82
Jordan (Véronique Wavre)....Pages 83-103
Egypt (Véronique Wavre)....Pages 105-119
Morocco (Véronique Wavre)....Pages 121-142
Comparative Analysis (Véronique Wavre)....Pages 143-158
Conclusion and Further Research (Véronique Wavre)....Pages 159-170
Back Matter ....Pages 171-202

✦ Subjects

Public Policy