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    Options to Increase Access to Telecommunications Services in Rural and Low-Income Areas
    Options to Increase Access to Telecommunications Services in Rural and Low-Income Areas
    Options to Increase Access to Telecommunications Services in Rural and Low-Income Areas
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    Options to Increase Access to Telecommunications Services in Rural and Low-Income Areas

    By Arturo Muente-Kunigami and Juan Navas-Sabater

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    Telecommunications sector policy-makers and regulators have a wide range of instruments available to them that can be used to increase access to telecommunications services in rural and low-income areas. The paper provides a review of these instruments, evaluating them against a set of criteria. It then goes on to identify a number of them that are worthy of further consideration by policy-makers and regulators while demonstrating that the effectiveness of the identified instruments can be greatly enhanced by the establishment of a conducive legal, regulatory and institutional framework. The paper concludes by confirming that while no single instrument taken in isolation can provide a full solution to universal access, a mix of the measures identified can be devised to achieve specific policy objectives in a particular country environment.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWorld Bank Publications
    Release dateMar 12, 2010
    ISBN9780821381434
    Options to Increase Access to Telecommunications Services in Rural and Low-Income Areas

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      WORLD BANK WORKING PAPER NO. 178

      Options to Increase Access to Telecommunications Services in Rural and Low-Income Areas

      Arturo Muente-Kunigami

      Juan Navas-Sabater

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      ISBN-13: 978-0-8213-8140-3

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      ISSN: 1726-5878 DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-8140-3

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      Abstract

      Telecommunications sector policy makers and regulators have a wide range of instruments available to them that can be used to increase access to telecommunications services in rural and low-income areas. The paper provides a review of these instruments, evaluating them against a set of criteria. It then goes on to identify a number of them that are worthy of further consideration by policy makers and regulators while demonstrating that the effectiveness of the identified instruments can be greatly enhanced by the establishment of a conducive legal, regulatory, and institutional framework. The paper concludes by

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