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Policy Studies: May 15, 2007 09:51
This issue was published under the general title "The Role of Parliament within the System of State Power"

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Tags: parliament, state, power, kazakhstan
Turkmenistan: the president tries to create favorable investment climate.: May 15, 2007 09:54
The article measures investment climate in Turkmenistan after Gurbanguli Berdimuhammedov was inaugurated as a new president of the country. The author supposes that the president wants to create favorable climate for foreign investment in Turkmenistan, especially for Russia and Iran.

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Tags: investment, climate, Turkmenistan, Russia, oil, power, industry
Power sector regulatory reform in transition economies: Progress and lessons learned: May 15, 2007 09:54
Regulatory reform in the power sector of most transition economies has progressed. Regulatory independence, however, is still limited with direct (statutory) and indirect political input influencing decision making. Further reform is required to secure power tariff increases and private sector participation. Both should improve sector performance, notwithstanding current market sentiment towards the sector and the region. This paper discusses the advances made in regulatory reform, with a focus on end user regulation rather than network access. It suggests that regulatory rules, enforceable in an independent forum such as international arbitration, should be written into contracts to ensure investor security.

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Tags: reform, power, sector, CIS
Liberalisation of the Russian power sector: May 16, 2007 14:41
The paper discusses the Russian power sector reform plan, approved by the government in July 2001, which outlines the framework for competition and changes in ownership structure. The paper focuses on the following issues related to the plan: restructuring of regional energos and large generating companies; restructuring of transmission and system operation; the mechanism for introducing competition; competition for residential consumers; and reform sequencing. A key message of the paper is that the restructuring of energos should not create companies with market power.

Power industry No comments yet
Tags: Russia, power, energy, ownership
Competition in the power sectors of transition economies: November 26, 2007 17:41
Radical reform of the power sector is under way in a number of EBRD countries of operations. This paper is concerned with the introduction of competition to the power sectors of transition economies. In particular, the paper focuses on the reform path from vertically integrated state-owned monopoly to liberalised industry, and on the appropriate model of competition.

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Tags: power, transition, reform,
Rich and powerful? Subjective power and welfare in Russia: December 3, 2007 17:34
Does "empowerment" come hand-in-hand with higher economic welfare? In theory, higher income is likely to raise both power and welfare, but heterogeneity in other characteristics and household formation can either strengthen or weaken the relationship. Survey data on Russian adults indicate that higher individual and household incomes raise both self-rated power and welfare.

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Tags: power, welfare, Russia
Economics of Nuclear Power Development in Belarus: January 18, 2008 14:04
The objective of the study is to provide a balanced assessment of the benefits and the costs of nuclear power development, and to give neutral policy advice.

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Tags: nuclear, power, Belarus
Duality of Power in the European Parliament: June 18, 2008 16:47
This paper addresses the following question: Taking as decisional units national chapters of European political parties, is there a difference between a priori voting power of national groups in the case of “national” coordination of voting and in the case of “partisan” coordination of voting?

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Tags: EU, politics, power