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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

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La tecnología de información y de comunicaciones (TIC) en Nicaragua

Johan Ernberg, Maria Edith Acre

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2002), 73 pp.

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A Country ICT Survey for Mozambique: Final Report

Philip Esselaar, Olof Hesselmark, Tina James, Jonathan Miller

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2001), 76 pp.

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Die Neuen Informations-und Kommunikationstechnologien NIKT in Lateinamerika

Hamburg: Institut für Iberoamerika-Kunde (2000), 159 pp.

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The Access and Welfare Impacts of Telecommunications Technology in Peru

Maximo Torero

Bonn; Lima: Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF); GRADE (1999), 28 pp.

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Telecommunication Services in Ghana: A Sector Overview and Case Studies from the Southern Volta Region

A. Anyimadu, P. Asem, O. Bertolini, Sakyi Dawson

Legon; Bonn: University of Ghana; Center for Development Research (ZEF) (1999), 20 pp.

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The First Mile of Connectivity: Advancing Telecommunications for Rural Development Through a Participatory Communication Approach

Don Richardson, Lynnita Paisley (eds.)

Rome: FAO (1998), xiii, 340 pp.

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New Connections: Telecommunications in a Changing South Africa

Richard Gerber, Robin Braun

Cape Town: University of Cape Town (UCT) Press (1998), x, 242 pp.

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Media, Technology and Society: A History. From the Telegraph to the Internet

Brian Winston

London; New York: Routledge (1998), 389 pp.

"Challenging the popular myth of a present-day 'information revolution', Media Technology and Society is essential reading for anyone interested in the social impact of technological change. Winston argues that the development of new media forms, from the telegraph and the telephone to computers, sa ... more

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Zukunftsmarkt Telekommunikation: Aktuelle Trends in Lateinamerika

Köln: Bundesstelle für Außenhandelsinformation (BfAI) (1997), 217 pp.

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Sida Support to Telecom in Southern Africa

Lennart Königson, Karl Erik Olofsson, Kalevi Nykänen, Asa Königson

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (1997), 86 pp.

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Telecommunications: A Swedish Contribution to Development. Evaluation of BITS' Support to Telecommunications Development

Lars Rylander, Ulf Lundin et al.

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (1996), 37 pp.

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Telecomunicações: Privatização ou caos

Ethevaldo Siqueira et al.

São Paulo: Tele Press Editora (1993), 176 pp.

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Usos y alternativas satelitales en América Latina y el Caribe

José Pasquini Durán, Washington Uranga

Buenos Aires: DECOM Comunicación Latinoamericana; Asociación Mundial para la Comunicación Cristiana (WACC) (1992), 98 pp.

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Informatik in Brasilien: Politische Hintergründe, ökonomische Rationalität und Perspektiven im lateinamerikanischen Kontext

Jörg Meyer-Stamer

Hamburg: Institut für Iberoamerika-Kunde (1988), 116 pp.

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Servicicos de datos en América Latina y el Caribe SELA

Buenos Aires: Ediciones de la Flor (1987), 252 pp.

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Kommunikation per Satellit: Ein internationales Handbuch

Rainer Kabel, Thomas Strätling

Berlin: Vistas (1985), 243 pp.

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Satélites de comunicación

Edward W. Ploman

Barcelona; Mexico, DF: Editorial Gustavo Gili (1985), 221 pp.

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World Communications: A Handbook

George Gerbner, Marsha Siefert (eds.)

New York: Longman (1984), xv, 527 pp.

"Brings together 54 articles on research and policy on communications in the "three worlds" by scholars and policy makers from the U.S., Western Europe, the socialist countries including the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe, and the developing world, including Africa, Asia, and Latin America - 25 countri ... more