Pursuing Competition and Regulatory
Reforms for Achieving Sustainable
Development Goals
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First published: July 2016
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Contents
Acknowledgement i
Abbreviations iii
Contributors vii
Foreword xiii
Preface xv
An Overview ixx
Section I
Government Policy Promoting Competition, Innovation & Jobs
Role of Government in promoting sustainable economic growth through
competition reforms thereby creating employment and facilitating innovation
Part I: Theoretical Overview
1. Governance Mechanisms and Regulation:
Test of the Mediating Effects of Regulatory Decision Tools
in the Communications Regulator
Kuo-Tai Cheng 5
2. Role of Government, Sustainable Economic Growth and
Competition Reforms: An Indian Perspective
S Chakravarthy 33
3. Competition Advocacy as an Anti-Rent-Seeking Policy:
An Empirical Analysis
Tim Büthe & Rachel Glanz 51
Part II: Country Experiences
4. The Impact of Choice and Competition Reforms on
Secondary Schools in Nigeria
Afolayan Gbenga Emmanuel 75