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Data Issues Bangladesh TRE and Investments Harsha de Silva and Abu Saeed Khan
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LIRNEasia 17-18 September 2004, Colombo Availability Generally not available Public information: InternalPublic information: Internal BTRC does not have and does not collect? Obligation of operators; not mandatory Annual reports of companies not regular, if at all [most do not have] Public information: ExternalPublic information: External Regular updates: World Bank, ITU… Irregular research papers Private informationPrivate information Costly
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LIRNEasia 17-18 September 2004, Colombo Accuracy Generally inaccurate Public: InternalPublic: Internal Dated. Mostly FY 2001-02 [June 2002] Aggregated Incomplete cannot find “reinvestment” figures. Public: ExternalPublic: External Reconciliation problems with internal data. WB: USD 150m investment of BRTA? PrivatePrivate Not standardized [measurement]
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LIRNEasia 17-18 September 2004, Colombo Scope Budgetary allocations Aggregated [ADP]Aggregated [ADP] Hard to reconcile with actual investmentsHard to reconcile with actual investments Could even be to pay back debt of BTTB T&T bondsT&T bonds GoB gilt-edged paper New vs. re-investments State + Private w/o reinvestment data hard to get clear picture bulk [?] missingw/o reinvestment data hard to get clear picture bulk [?] missing Hard to assess TRE linkHard to assess TRE link Supply side vs. demand side investments
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LIRNEasia 17-18 September 2004, Colombo Discussion
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