Universal Access in Liberalised Services Markets
Focused on experience in four sectors: telecommunications, water and sanitation, financial services and electricity.
“Access to basic services plays an important role in both individual well-being and a country’s economic development. For this reason, general availability of these services to citizens, regardless of income level and geographical location, has generally been viewed as an important public policy goal.”
OECD and The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, 2006
Aaditya Mattoo – Development Research Group, World Bank
Julia Nielson and Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås – OECD Trade Directorate
Universal Basic Services 