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Description of the Project

The project on Services Regulatory Reform was developed by the World Bank and the Organization of American States (OAS).

To date, considerable research has been carried out on the rules and disciplines of services liberalization at the multilateral and regional level. Nevertheless, very little research has been conducted on the impact of regulatory structures and reforms on services performance. This project attempts to fill this gap through in-depth comparable analysis of three selected service sectors - financial, telecom and transport - in selected countries of Latin America.

The objective of the project is twofold: first to identify measures affecting trade in services in these sectors through the analysis of the relationship between policies and performance; and second to identify the components of domestic regulatory reform, the rationale behind policies taken for reform, and the results from such reform.

Joint Research Project on Regulatory Reform and Services Liberalization in the Countries of the Andean Community

Purpose:   This research project will carry out an examination and analysis of the impact of trade liberalization and regulatory reform on policy and performance in three selected service sectors in the five countries of the Andean Community.

Research Project on Regulatory Reform and Services Liberalization in Central America

Purpose: This project will aim to collect sectoral information on non-tariff barriers to trade in three services sectors: land transportation, telecommunications and financial services (Banking and insurance). The participating institutions will have access to this information and will, either individually or jointly, use it for the preparation of sectoral studies.

Joint Research Project on Regulatory Reform and Services Liberalization in Mercosur Countries and Chile

Purpose: This research project will carry out an examination and analysis of the impact of trade liberalization and regulatory reform on policy and performance in six selected service sectors in countries of Mercosur and Chile. 

The data collected through the project, on a time-line basis, will enable the examination of the relationship between policies applied to each service sector and the performance of the service sector, and thus to identify priorities for policy reform. The research project consists of three components: data collection; sectoral analyses; and a regional seminar.