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Information Economy Report 2005: E-Commerce and Development

New York; Geneva: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2005), xxvi, 248 pp.

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Régulation des communications électroniques à l'heure de la convergence: Enjeux, état des lieux et perspectives en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre

Diana Senghor (ed.)

Dakar: Panos Afrique de l'Ouest (2005), 102 pp.

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Africa: The Impact of Mobile Phones. Moving the Debate Forward

Arun Sarin (ed.)

Vodaphone (2005), 68 pp.

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The Digital Divide: ICT Development Indices 2004

New York; Geneva: United Nations (2005), vi, 67 pp.

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Les télécommunications, entre bien public et marchandise

Djilali Benamrane, Jaffré Bruno et al.

Paris: Éditions Charles Léopold Mayer (2005), 392 pp.

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Connecting Sub-Saharan Africa: A World Bank Group Strategy for Information and Communication Technology Sector Development

Pierre Guislain, Mavis A. Ampah, Laurent Besançon, Cécile Niang, Alexandre Sérot

Washington, DC: World Bank (2005), xiv, 45 pp.

"This study outlines a strategy for information and communication technology (ICT) development in Sub-Saharan Africa that will further the reform agenda to facilitate deployment of ICT infrastructure, and encourage the development community to support African governments in this regard. With a revit ... more

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Asia Unplugged: The Wireless and Mobile Media Boom in the Asia-Pacific

Madanmohan Rao, Lunita Mendoza (eds.)

New Delhi; Thousand Oaks; London: Response Books;Sage (2005), 464 pp.

"Wireless is the hottest technology and media sector in the world today—and Asia is at the centre of the action. This volume captures the flavour and implications of these fast-paced developments by providing a comprehensive, detailed and insightful look at the wireless scenario in the Asia-Pacifi ... more

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Measuring ICT: The Global Status of ICT Indicators

New York: United Nations ICT Task Force (2005), v, 174 pp.

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The Wireless Internet Opportunity for Developing Countries

Boston: Wireless internet Institute (w2i);World Times (2003), xvi, 127 pp.

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Information and Communication Technologies and Broad-Based Development: A Partial Review of the Evidence

Jeremy Grace, Charles Kenny, Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang

Washington, DC: World Bank (2003), 53 pp.

"Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are increasingly seen as integral to the development process. This paper reviews some of the evidence for the link between telecommunications and the Internet and economic growth, the likely impact of the new ICTs on income inequality and anecdotal ... more

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Low Cost Access and Connectivity: Local Solutions

Catherine J. Steele (ed.)

UN ICT Task Force (2003), 103 pp.

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Regional Profile of the Information Society in Western Asia: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

New York: United Nations (2003), xi, 152 pp.

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World Telecommunication Development Report: Access Indicators for the Information Society

Geneva: ITU (2003), 149, 89 pp.

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Information and Communication Technology Development Indices

Philippa Biggs

New York: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2003), ix, 86 pp.

"This cross-country study compiles data and calculates ICT Development Indices for the following: connectivity (physical infrastructure for ICTs, in penetration rates of Internet hosts, PCs, telephone mainlines and mobile phones per capita); wider access to ICTs (literacy, GDP per capita and cost of ... more

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The Internet in a Lusophone LDC: Cape Verde Case Study

Marigarida Evora-Sagna, Vanessa Gray, Michael Minges

Geneva: ITU (2002), 53 pp.

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Closing the Gap in Access to Rural Communications: Chile 1995-2002

Bjorn Wellenius

Washington, DC: World Bank (2002), ix, 52 pp.

"In 1994 the government established a Telecommunications Development Fund, financed by the national budget, to catalyze additional private investment in payphone service in rural and urban areas with low income and low telephone density. The Fund has been very successful. Between 1995 and 2000 it su ... pported the provision of payphone service to more than 6,000 rural localities with about 2.2 million inhabitants, thereby reducing the proportion of Chile's population living in places without access to basic voice communication from 15 percent in 1994 to 1 percent in 2002. In addition, some 25,000 individual rural telephone lines are being provided. The subsidies awarded cost the government less than 0.3 percent of total telecommunications sector revenue during the funding period, and Fund administration cost about 3 percent of the monies granted. The Fund's success was due largely to extensive reliance on market forces to determine and allocate subsidies, minimal regulatory intervention, simple and relatively expeditious processing, and effective government leadership. Competition among existing and new operators for the rural market and subsidies led to substantial reductions in cost to the government compared to earlier public sector investments in similar facilities. Commercial success has hinged on operators using the subsidized payphone infrastructures to also provide individual business and residential telephone lines and, subsequently, add value through new services (including voice mail and internet access in some areas) over this network. Interconnection was the single most important regulatory factor of commercial viability, with access charges in some cases surpassing 40 percent of rural operating revenues. The design of the Fund proved robust, and remains the leading example of a costeffective slution to reduce access gaps in basic communication in emerging economies. Some questions remain, however, about whether the services can be sustained in the long term, what to do with the small residual rural population still excluded, and whether anything needs to be done in urban areas. These questions-in addition to limited design improvements suggested by the Fund's experience, as well as work still in progress on quality standards and monitoring-are relevant to the Fund's proposed extension into more advanced modes of communication and access to information, as well as to other countries learning from the Chilean experience." (Executive summary) more