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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.

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

Telecommunications and Information Services for the Poor

Juan Navas-Sabater, Niina Juntune, Andrew Dymond

Washington, DC: World Bank (2002), xi, 101 pp.

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Reshaping Communications: Technology, IInformation and Social Change

Paschal Preston

London et al.: Sage (2001), 302 pp.

"Thirty years ago, one writer complained that 'to admire technology is all out of fashion'. Today excited claims are made for the impact that these technologies are having on social, political and economic life. But how are we to assess these claims? This book critically interrogates many of the pre ... more

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Evolution und Effekte des Internets in Peru

Nina Fluck

Aachen: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Magisterarbeit im Fach Wirtschaftsgeographie (2000), 145 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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Neue Medien und Öffentlichkeiten: Politik und Tele-Kommunikation in Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika. Bd.1

Stefan Brüne (ed.)

Hamburg: Deutsches Übersee-Institut (2000), 451 pp.

Enjeux des technologies de la communication en Afrique: Du téléphone à internet

Annie Chéneau-Loquay (ed.)

Paris: Karthala (2000), 402 pp.

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Neue Medien und Öffentlichkeiten: Politik und Tele-Kommunikation in Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika. Bd.2

Stefan Brüne (ed.)

Hamburg: Deutsches Übersee-Institut (2000), 434 pp.

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Internationales Handbuch für Hörfunk und Fernsehen 2000/2001

Hans-Bredow-Institut (ed.)

Baden-Baden: Nomos (2000), 926 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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The Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Economic Development: A Partial Survey

Arjun S. Bedi

Bonn: Center for Development Research (ZEF) (1999), 42 pp.

Informations-und Kommunikationstechnologien in Entwicklungsländern: Trends und Potentiale

S. Seibel, D. Müller-Falcke, R. Bertolini

Bonn: Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF) (1999), 48 pp.

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Guidelines for Communication Technologies

Armin Klein

Stuttgart: Fördergesellschaft für angepaßte Techniken (FAKT) (1998), 52 pp.

"The guidelines, written on behalf of the Association of Church Development Services (AG KED) and Misereor, provide basic knowledge about the most important communication technologies, from mail to radio, television, telephone, and fax to networking computers on the Internet." (commbox)

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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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Knowledge Societies: Information Technology for Sustainable Development

Robin Mansell, Uta Wehn (eds.)

Oxford: Oxford University Press;United Nations Commission on Science and Technology Development (1998), vii, 323 pp.

"Revolutionary information and communication technologies are contributing to dramatic changes in the competitiveness of global and local markets and in the way people conduct their business and everyday lives. The potential benefits and risks these changes present for developing countries and trans ... more

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Die Fundgrube für Medienerziehung in der Sekundarstufe I und II

Heinrich Brinkmöller-Becker (ed.)

Berlin: Cornelsen (1997), 280 pp.

"Fächerübergreifende, zum Teil multimediale Übungs- und Projektideen zu den Medien Radio, Fotografie, Film, Video und Internet. "Erfreulich an diesem Buch ist, dass das gesamte Spektrum der Medienarbeit berücksichtigt wird und die Potenziale der 'neuen' Medien nicht gegen die 'alten' Medien ausg ... more

Zukunftsmarkt Telekommunikation: Aktuelle Trends in Lateinamerika

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