1 electricity sector reform in developing countries an econometric assessment of the efects privatisation competition and regulation by yin fang zhang david parker colin kirkpatric k centre on institute for development policy management university manchester uk cranfield school bedfordshire author correspondence befordshire mk43 0al tel 0044 1234 754378? email ac paper ecpr cri conference frontiers assessing scholarly debates challenges 7 8 september 2006 2 abstract over last two decades sectors both developed have been subject to restructuring introduce private capital increase this has accompanied introduction new regulatory regimes although such reforms a number economies are now wel documented apart from few case studies experience is much less researched important because state key themes donor aid programmes