The country reports of the Measuring ICT Sector and Regulatory Performance project, a six-country multi-component study, are available for download below. The Study includes assessments of the regulatory performance in each country, using the telecom regulatory environment (TRE) scorecard; analytical descriptions of reforms that have been implemented; and measurement of changes in sector performance, using the indicators being developed under the project (more info on the project).
The country reports can be downloaded here:
Pakistan country report – Joseph Wilson
India country report – Payal Malik
Philippines country report – Lorraine Carlos Salazar
Thailand country report – Deunden Nikomborirak
Sri Lanka country report – Malathy Knight-John
The Indonesia findings can be found in the following paper: Regulatory reforms and improved sector performance: A comparative analysis of Indonesia and India – Payal Malik and Divakar Goswami
The analytical framework can be found in the following paper: Competition in whichever way drives growth: An analytical framework of ICT sector performance in emerging Asia – Harsha de Silva
3 Comments
Fauzan
Amazing report!! How Indonesia ICT report so far? When it will be published? Thank you
jeena
Hi! Very informative! I was wondering if you have any more studies regarding the telecoms (specifically pc ownership stats)in the philippines for the year 2006 or higher data? Thanks a lot!
Rohan Samarajiva
Our own research will be released in March or so. We do only bottom of the pyramid, not Philippines as a whole.
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