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It reviews public ownership, regulatory simplification and evaluation, business operating involvement, administrative burdens on start-ups, and barriers to trade and investment. The memorandum also analyzes professional services, electricity, telecommunications, transport, and retail, then presents policy options aimed at improving economy-wide competitiveness and strengthening enforcement using product market regulation indicators and supporting evidence.","Authorized Pub l ic Disclosure Authorized  \nWORLD BANK GROUP  \nRemoving Regulatory Barriers to Competition  \nNovember 2021  \nu ub lic Disclosure th ir el Disclosure Authorized Pub lic Disclosure  \nKosovo Country  \nEconomic Memorandum  \nKosovo Country Economic Memorandum  \nRemoving  \nRegulatory Barriers to Competition  \nTable of Contents  \nAbbreviations 6  \nIntroduction 9  \nEconomy-Wide Restrictions to Competition 15  \nPublic Ownership 18  \nSimplification and Evaluation of Regulations 20  \nInvolvement in Business Operations 21  \nAdministrative Burdens on Start-Ups 22  \nBarriers to Trade and Investment 23  \nSector-Specific Regulations 25  \nProfessional Services 27  \nElectricity 29  \nTelecommunications 31  \nTransport 34  \nRetail 35  \nPolicy Options for Increasing the Competitiveness of the  \nEconomy 39  \nAppendix Overview of the Product Market Regulation Methodology 43  \nReferences 47  \nFig 1.1 Market-based competition scores in selected economies, 2020 p.11  \nFig 1.2 Anti-monopoly policy scores in selected economies, 2020  \np.11  \nFig 2.1 Overall PMR scores in selected countries, 2021 p.17  \nFig 2.2 Decomposition of Kosovo’s PMR score, 2021 p.17  \nFig 2.3 PMR scores for distortions induced by public ownership in selected economies, 2021  \np.18  \nFig 2.4 PMR scores for simplification and evaluation of regulations in selected economies, 2021  \np.20  \nFig 2.5 PMR scores for involvement in business operations in selected economies, 2021  \np.22  \nFig 2.6 PMR scores for administrative burdens on start-ups in selected economies, 2021  \np.22  \nFig 2.7 Firm entry and exit rates in selected countries, 2020 p.23  \nFig 3.1 PMR scores for barriers in network and services sectorsin selected economies, 2021  \np.26  \nFig 3.2 PMR scores for professional services in selected economies, by profession, 2021 p.26  \nFig 3.3 PMR scores for network sectors in selected economies, 2021 p.27  \nFig 3.4 PMR scores for regulated professions in selected economies, 2021 p.28  \nFig 3.5 PMR scores for electricity in selected economies, 2021  \np.29  \nFig 3.6 Firms’ perceptions of constraints in the electricity sector in selected economies, 2019 p.30  \nFig 3.7 PMR scores for  \ne-communications in selected economies, 2021 p.31  \nFig 3.8 Decomposition of the PMR sub-indicator for  \ne-communications, 2021 p.32  \nFig 3.9 Number of countries with national, state, regional provincial or municipal/local governments hold equity stakes in the largest firm in retail mobile services (voice, video and data), 2021 p.32  \nFig 3.10 High-speed fixed broadband price as percentage of disposable monthly income for bottom 40% of the population, 2020 p.33  \nFig 3.11 PMR scores for transport in selected economies, 2021  \np.34  \nFig 3.12 Rural Accessibility Index in selected countries, 2021 p.35  \nFig 3.13 PMR scores for retail distribution in selected economies, 2021 p.36  \nFig 3.14 Number of countries in which regulations specify particular opening or closing hours, 2021 p.36  \nFigA.1 Schema of economywide  \nPMR indicatorsp.44 FigA.2 Schema of sectoral PMR indicators p.46  \nBoxes  \nBox 1.1 Methodology and structure of the 2018 OECD–World Bank Group Product Market Regulation (PMR) indicators p.12  \nBox 2.1 Overview of competition enforcement in Kosovo p.16 Box 2.2 Overview of state aid in Kosovo p.19  \nBox 2.3 Assessing regulatory impact on markets and competition in Mexico p.21  \nBox A.1 Brief description of economywide indicators and subindicatorsp.45  \n© 2021 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank 1818 H Street NW  \nWashington DC 20433 Telephone: 202-473-1000  \n[Internet: www.worldbank.org](Internet: www.worldbank.org)  \nThis work is a product of the staff of The World Bank with external contributions. 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