Regulation, institutions, and commitment : privatization and regulation in the Argentine telecommunications sector

I4S ll46 1'C LICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER 1216 Regulation, Institutionis, ENTers privatization appears .ad a net positive and Commi ti-ent impact on gentina's reputation and welfare. But Privatization and Regulation in te ,failur a to establish a i Privatization and Regulation in the regulatory regime inadvane Argentine Telecommunications Sector vwas costly in terms of the sale price the government Alice Hill received and the tariff levels Manuel Angel Abdala demanded by investors. If this neglect persists, it may hurt the sector's performance. The World Bank Policy Research Department R Finance and Private Sector Development Division | November 1993  POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER 1216 Summary findings In 1990, Argentina privatized its state-owned Regulationi plays an important role in the private telephone company, ENTel. Shifting provision of teleconrn1Lc.1titons. lanv arguL thalt telecommunications to the private sector was onte of comilpetitiotn shokld be limiited to allow economics ot the first actions taken tinder the reform pro