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E-Readiness Assessment of Ukraine

L. A. Wolanskyj (ed.)

UNDP Ukraine (2002), 86 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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Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano Ecuador 2001: Las tecnologías de información y comunicación para el desarrollo humano

Marco Antonio Rocca, Fernando Pachano (eds.)

Quito: Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) (2001), xxvi, 266 pp.

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L'internet, son web et e-mail en Afrique: Approche critique

Raphael Ntambue Tshimbulu

Paris: L'Harmattan (2001), 353 pp.

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Gender and the Information Revolution in Africa

Eva M. Rathgeber, Edith Ofwona Adera (eds.)

Ottawa: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2000), 247 pp.

"The essays in this book examine the current and potential impact of the ICT explosion in Africa. They focus specifically on gender issues and analyze the extent to which women's needs and preferences are being served. The authors underscore the need for information to be made directly relevant to t ... 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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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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América Latina en internet: Manual y fuentes de información

Graciela Fainstein Lamuedra et al.

Madrid: CINDOC (1997), 263 pp.

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Multimédia et communication à usage humain: Vers une maîtrise sociale des autoroutes de l’information

Alain His (coord.)

Paris: Éditions-Diffusion Charles Léopold Mayer (1996), 332 pp.

"L'un des phénomènes majeurs du XXe siècle est, sans conteste, la domination de la communication collective, jusqu'aux années 70, par les grands médias comme la radio, les journaux puis le cinéma et la télévision. Depuis 20 ans, le bouleversement est complet : la télécopie, la vidéo, la ... more