regionalizing telecommunications reformin west africa（分成地区电信reformin西非）（90页）.docVIP

Report No. 40142-AFR West Africa Regionalizing Telecommunications Reform in West Africa June 22, 2007 PREM 4 Africa Region Document of the World Bank Fiscal Year January 1 December 31 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific Group BCEAO Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (Central Bank of West African States) CEAO Communauté des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (Economic Community of West African States) CET Common External Tariff ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States ECPR Efficient Component Pricing Rule ECTEL Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority EPA Economic Partnership Agreement EU European Union GATT General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs GDP Gross Domestic Product GSM Global System for Mobile Communications ICT Information and Communications Technology ITU International Telecommunications Union LDC Least Developed Countries MOU Memorandum of Understanding MRU Mano River Union NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development NRA National Regulatory Authority OECS Organization of Eastern Caribbean States OHADA Organization for the Harmonization of African Business Law RRA Regional Regulatory Authority STAP Short-term Action Plan UEMOA Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (West African Economic and Monetary Union) USAID U.S. Agency for International Development WAEMU West African Economic and Monetary Union WAMA West African Monetary Agency WATRA West African Telecommunications Regulators Assembly WTO World Trade Organization Vice President: Obiageli Ezekwesili (AFRVP) Sector Director: Sudhir Shetty (AFTP4) Sector Manager: Antonella Bassani (AFTP4) Task Team Leader: Philip English (AFTP4) TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY iv 1 Introduction 1 2 The Economic Importance of Telecommunications 4 3 National Telecommunications Regulation in West Africa 8 4 West African Regional Cooperation and Telecommunications