Telecommunications-Related Services: Market Access, Deeper Integration and the WTO

Carlos A.P. Braga, Carsten Fink and Bernard Hoekman

No 26288, Discussion Paper Series from Hamburg Institute of International Economics

Abstract: Liberalization and regulatory reform of telecom markets has emerged as a high profile policy issue. This paper analyzes how the multilateral system under the World Trade Organization can help developing countries in promoting their own information infrastructures. We focus on a specific "regime" issue that has attracted increasing attention in recent years: the extent to which the WTO should pursue a "deeper integration" agenda, using telecommunications and activities that rely heavily on telecommunications as a specific case. Die Liberalisierung und Reform der Telekommunikationsmärkte ist zu einem wichtigen politischen Thema geworden. Dieser Beitrag analysiert, wie das multilaterale System - unter der Welthandelsorganisation - Entwicklungsländern bei der Förderung ihrer eigenen Informations-Infrastruktur helfen kann. Wir konzentrieren uns auf eine spezifische "Regime"-Frage, die in den letzten Jahren zunehmend Aufmerksamkeit erregt hat: In welchem Maße die WTO ein Programm der "tieferen Integration" verfolgen sollte, das Telekommunikation als spezifischen Fall betrachtet.

Keywords: International; Relations/Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.26288

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