Paul Cook and Sarah Mosedale (ed.). Regulation, Markets and Poverty.
Arif, Umaima
Paul Cook and Sarah Mosedale (ed.). Regulation, Markets and
Poverty. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2007. 185 pages.
Hardbound. Price not given.
This is a collection of papers that examine the new wave of
approaches to regulation and competition. The papers demonstrate that
the models of regulation and competition derived from developed country
practices have been rooted in sophisticated levels of economic, social,
administrative, legal, and political institutionalisation. These models
of regulation and competition are largely absent or less developed in
developing countries. The analysis shows that better regulation and less
poverty play an important role in improving both the performance of
enterprises and the delivery of essential services. The issue of
regulation and competition in the context of poverty in developing
countries forms the backbone of this book.
Following the introduction, the book is organised into five parts,
and each part has several chapters covering the relevant issues. The
first part consists of three chapters dealing with competition and
competition policy. Part II takes into account the issues of regulatory
governance and regulatory transfers. Part III concentrates on utility
regulation. Part IV discusses the need for capacity building to deal
with regulation and competition policies.
The selection of articles here presents the results of conceptual
and empirical research in areas that deserve further investigation.
