Small States, Smart Solutions

Improving Connectivity and Increasing the Effectiveness of Public Services

Edgardo Favaro

• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Year: 2008
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• eBook ISBN:
  9780821374610
• Subtopic: Development Economics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Smart solutions for small states facing big challenges. These states spend significantly more of their GDP on producing public goods and services and face higher connectivity costs than larger nations. Small States, Smart Solutions examines how international trade and telecommunications technology can help these nations thrive.

Discover how international trade and telecommunications technology can help these nations thrive by:

• Outsourcing services like justice and banking supervision
• Improving public utilities regulation
• Providing high-quality medicine and education

This book, based on interviews with government officers and citizens, offers eight case studies that describe pioneering initiatives undertaken by some small states to improve their citizens' quality of life. It is a valuable resource for policymakers, economists, and anyone interested in the unique challenges and opportunities facing small states.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• PART 1 Case Studies on Regional Solutions
• PART 2 Cases Studies on ICT Regulation and Outsourcing
• Appendix A Overview of the Studies of Economic Growth
• Index
• Figure 4.1 Rule of Law: World Bank Governance Indicators, 2005
• Figure 4.2 Number of Judges per 100,000 Inhabitants, 2000
• Figure 4.3 Clearance Rate for ECSC Court of Appeal: Civil and Criminal Cases
• Figure 4.4 Clearance Rate for Civil Cases, 2002
• Figure 4.5 Percentage Increase in the Number of Civil Cases Filed in ECSC High Court, 1967–2005
• Figure 4.6 Salaries of Judges
• Figure 4.7 Percentage Increase in the Number of Cases Filed: ECSC High Court and Court of Appeal Caseloads Compared with Those of the European Court of First Instance and European Court of Justice
• Figure 5A.1 Telecommunications Share in GDP
• Figure 6.1 Histogram: Cost in US$ of a Three-Minute Phone Call to the United States
• Table 1.1 Ratio of Government Consumption and of Telecommunications to GDP in Small States and in Larger States
• Table 1.2 Selected Indicators: Small States and Large States, 1986–2005
• Table 3.1 CFA Franc Zones: Basic Data, 2005
• Table 3.2 CFA Franc Zones: Net Foreign Position of Monetary Authorities
• Table 3.3 CFA Franc Zone Banking Commissions: Regulatory Apparatus, Modus Operandi, and Powers
• Table 3.4 CFA Franc Zones Regional Banking Commissions—Governance Structures
• Table 3.5 UMOA and UMAC: Operational Norms and Prudential Framework
• Table 3.6A Number of Banks in Compliance with Prudential Norms and Solvency Ratios (2004)
• Table 3.6B Number of Banks in Compliance with Prudential Norms and Solvency Ratios (2004)
• Table 4.1 Contributions to ECSC from OECS Member Countries
• Table 4.2 Legislative Process for Changing the Constitution
• Table 4.3 Trust Fund Contributions for CCJ
• Table 4.4 Number of Cases Appealed to the Privy Council
• Table 5.1 International Rates from OECS Countries
• Table 5.2 Number of Telephone Subscribers and Internet Users in 2000
• Table 5.3 Percentage Increase in Number of Phone Subscribers, 2000–04
• Table 5A.1 Number of Phone Subscribers, 2004 and 2000
• Table 6.1 Telecommunications Indicators
• Table 8.1 Telecommunications Indicators for South Pacific Ocean Countries
• Table 8.2 Chronology of Events, 1996–2006
• Table 8.3 Number of Mobile-Phone Subscribers per 1,000 People in Samoa
• Table 8.4 Telecommunications Indicators Pre- and Postreform
• Table 8.5 Value of the Reform
• Table 8A.1 The Demand for Telecom Services
• Table 9.1 Current State versus Future State
• Table 9.2 Analysis of Options
• Table A.1 Telecommunications Regulation
• Table A.1 Growth and Volatility
• Table A.2 Growth and Volatility
• Box 1.1 A Roster of Small States
• Box 2.1 Banking Supervision in Central and West Africa and in the EMU
• Box 2.2 Governance of the ECCB
• Box 3.1 Legal Frameworks
• Box 3.2 UMOA/BCEAO: Institutional Arrangements and Governance Structures
• Box 3.3 UMAC/BEAC—Institutional Arrangements and Governance Structures
• Box 3.4 The Mechanisms of Coordination with France
• Box 5.1 Governance Structure of ECTEL
• Box 5.2 Comparison of Responsibilities of ECTEL and the NTRCs
• Box 6.1 Cape Verde’s Economy
• Box 6.2 Who are NOSI’s Managers?
• Box 8.1 The Country and Its Economy
• Box 8.2 Objectives of the Telecommunications Act of 2005
• Box 8.3 Responsibilities, Functions, and Powers of the OR
• Box 9.1 What Is Financial Control?
• Box 9.2 How Financial Packages Achieve Devolved Financial Control