UNCTAD REPORT
July 1st, 2001
Keith Nuthall
THE LATEST World Commodity Survey from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development has given a half-hearted welcome to the liberalisation of the power sector that is proceeding throughout the developed world, especially in Europe. Its electricity chapter concluded that it was "stimulating competition, increasing transparency and leading to industrial reorganisation," but questioned whether this would lead to lower prices and increased demand.
THE LATEST World Commodity Survey from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development has given a half-hearted welcome to the liberalisation of the power sector that is proceeding throughout the developed world, especially in Europe. Its electricity chapter concluded that it was "stimulating competition, increasing transparency and leading to industrial reorganisation," but questioned whether this would lead to lower prices and increased demand.
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