PPIAF assistance in Sao Tome and Principe (Inglês)

A renewed focus on low-income countries and fragile states has reinforced Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) interest in supporting the public-private partnership (PPP) agenda in countries such as Sao Tome and Principe (Sao Tome)....  Exibir mais + A renewed focus on low-income countries and fragile states has reinforced Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) interest in supporting the public-private partnership (PPP) agenda in countries such as Sao Tome and Principe (Sao Tome). Since 2000 PPIAF has supported two activities in Sao Tome: one in the telecommunications sector, one in the energy sector. This consisted of: 1) assisting the Government of Sao Tome in preparing a new strategy and a pro-competitive legal and regulatory framework for the telecommunications sector; and 2) revitalizing the energy sector through enhanced private sector participation. PPIAF support was thus requested in 2000 by the government of Sao Tome to help improve the provision of telecommunications services. The PPIAF activity supported a series of studies that included a proposal for a new telecommunications sector pro-competitive strategy and accompanying action plan, based on a market analysis of the sector; a review of the legal and regulatory framework including proposal for reforms in line with the proposed sector strategy to allow for multiple providers of telecommunications services and draft legislation; and recommendations on how to increase the shares of the private sector in the capital of the main operator.  Exibir menos -