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Since it was initiated, the World Dialogue on Regulation has completed two research cycles. Each cycle focuses research efforts of the network on a single theme. For the first cycle the theme was The Next Step in Telecom Reform: ICT Convergence Regulation or Multisector Utility Regulation. The final report, Designing Next Generation Telecom Regulation: ICT Convergence or Multisector Utility, was published in January 2003. For the second research cycle, the WDR research network examined Stimulating Investment in Network Development: Roles for Regulators. The final report will be a book (in publication) of more than 420 pages with contributions from twenty authors from Africa, Asia and Europe. The third research cycle is examining the theme Diversifying Participation in Network Development. A variety of research studies are being undertaken by the WDR participating research centres on this theme over the next nine months. Summaries of the study plans will be posted here and announced in e-Briefs over the next few months. They in turn will provide reference points for periodic dialogue issues that will be raised for general discussion. Comments on the WDR research studies are invited, as are contributions of additional research on the dialogue theme from those outside the WDR Centre network. |
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