Although the link between improvedinfrastructure services and economic growth is uncertain, itis clear that reforms aimed at creating competition andregulating natural monopolies establish an environmentconducive to private sector participation, incentives forcompanies to strive for efficiency savings that canultimately be passed on to consumers, and greater provisionof services (such as faster roll-out of infrastructure orinnovative solutions to service delivery for customers notconnected to an existing network). In determining the formthat infrastructure restructuring might undertake or thedesign of a regulatory agency, policymakers can generallybenefit from a review of the experiences of other countries.A key element of any decision making process should be areview of how the various types of reform will affect theefficiency of the sector and whether they will increaseprivate financing of its significant investment needs.
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