Sustainable Telecenters : A Guide for Government Policy

For at least a decade, governments and non-profit organizations, often supported by bilateral aid, have experimented with tele-centers as means to extend access to computers, the Internet, and other information, and communication services to rural,...

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Main Author:	Wellenius, Bjorn
Format:	Viewpoint
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS GOVERNMENT POLICY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BILATERAL AID TELECOM SERVICE DATA ACCESS TO DATA BASES ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE SERVICES INFORMATION DISSEMINATION COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL SERVICES DELIVERY RURAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POVERTY PRIVATE COMPANY COMMERCIAL POLICY TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS COMMERCIAL POLICY ACCESS TO THE INTERNET BANDWIDTH BASIC BEST PRACTICES BROADBAND BROADBAND NETWORKS BROADCASTING BULK PROCUREMENT BUSINESS MODEL BUSINESS PLAN BUSINESS PLANS BUSINESS STRATEGIES BUSINESS TOOLS BUSINESSES CALL CHARGES CALLS CAPABILITIES CD-ROM CD-ROM SEARCHES CHARGING COMMERCIAL VIABILITY COMMON NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION SERVICES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY TELECENTERS COMPUTERS CONNECTING TELECENTERS CONNECTIVITY CONTENT PLATFORMS DATA TRAFFIC DATA TRANSMISSION DATA TRANSMISSION CAPABILITIES DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES DELIVERING SERVICES DESKTOP PUBLISHING DISTANCE EDUCATION ELECTRICITY ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT EQUITY REASONS FACSIMILE FACSIMILE LINES FAX MACHINE FAXES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FRANCHISING COMPANY HEALTH CENTERS HUMAN RESOURCES INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION INFORMATION NETWORKS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INSTALLATIONS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERNATIONAL CALLS INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE SERVICE LARGE TELECENTERS LEARNING LEASED CIRCUITS LICENSES LOCAL ADD-ONS LONG-DISTANCE CALL MAINTENANCE COSTS MANAGING TELECENTERS MARKET DEMAND MATERIAL MULTIMEDIA MULTIMEDIA SERVICES MULTIMEDIA TELECENTER MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY TELECENTERS NAME BRANDING NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS PERSONAL COMPUTER PHONE CARDS PILOT PROJECTS PORTALS POST OFFICES PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS PUBLIC ACCESS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SUPPORT PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK RADIO RADIO BROADCASTING RECURRENT COSTS RELIABILITY RESULTS RURAL TELEPHONE SEARCHES SINGLE-COMPUTER FACILITY SOFTWARE LICENSES SOFTWARE PLATFORM SPREADSHEETS STANDARD TELECENTERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TELECENTER OPERATORS TELECENTER PROGRAM TELECENTER PROJECT TELECENTER PROPOSALS TELECENTER REVENUE TELECENTER SUSTAINABILITY TELECENTERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADVISER TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY TELEPHONE TELEPHONE CALLS TELEPHONE COMPANY TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONE NETWORK TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONE SHOPS TELEPHONY TELEVISION TRAINING GUIDELINES USERS USES VOICE MAIL WEB WORD PROCESSING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/16253104/sustainable-telecenters-guide-government-policy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11330

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spelling	okr-10986-113302021-04-23T14:02:55Z Sustainable Telecenters : A Guide for Government Policy Wellenius, Bjorn TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS GOVERNMENT POLICY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BILATERAL AID TELECOM SERVICE DATA ACCESS TO DATA BASES ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE SERVICES INFORMATION DISSEMINATION COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL SERVICES DELIVERY RURAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POVERTY PRIVATE COMPANY COMMERCIAL POLICY TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS GOVERNMENT POLICY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BILATERAL AID TELECOM SERVICE DATA ACCESS TO DATA BASES ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE SERVICES INFORMATION DISSEMINATION COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL SERVICES DELIVERY RURAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POVERTY PRIVATE COMPANY COMMERCIAL POLICY ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO THE INTERNET BANDWIDTH BASIC BEST PRACTICES BROADBAND BROADBAND NETWORKS BROADCASTING BULK PROCUREMENT BUSINESS MODEL BUSINESS PLAN BUSINESS PLANS BUSINESS STRATEGIES BUSINESS TOOLS BUSINESSES CALL CHARGES CALLS CAPABILITIES CD-ROM CD-ROM SEARCHES CHARGING COMMERCIAL VIABILITY COMMON NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION SERVICES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY TELECENTERS COMPUTERS CONNECTING TELECENTERS CONNECTIVITY CONTENT PLATFORMS DATA TRAFFIC DATA TRANSMISSION DATA TRANSMISSION CAPABILITIES DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES DELIVERING SERVICES DESKTOP PUBLISHING DISTANCE EDUCATION ELECTRICITY ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT EQUITY REASONS FACSIMILE FACSIMILE LINES FAX MACHINE FAXES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FRANCHISING COMPANY GOVERNMENT POLICY HEALTH CENTERS HUMAN RESOURCES INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION INFORMATION NETWORKS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INSTALLATIONS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERNATIONAL CALLS INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE SERVICE LARGE TELECENTERS LEARNING LEASED CIRCUITS LICENSES LOCAL ADD-ONS LONG-DISTANCE CALL MAINTENANCE COSTS MANAGING TELECENTERS MARKET DEMAND MATERIAL MULTIMEDIA MULTIMEDIA SERVICES MULTIMEDIA TELECENTER MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY TELECENTERS NAME BRANDING NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS PERSONAL COMPUTER PHONE CARDS PILOT PROJECTS PORTALS POST OFFICES PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS PUBLIC ACCESS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SUPPORT PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK RADIO RADIO BROADCASTING RECURRENT COSTS RELIABILITY RESULTS RURAL TELEPHONE SEARCHES SINGLE-COMPUTER FACILITY SOFTWARE LICENSES SOFTWARE PLATFORM SPREADSHEETS STANDARD TELECENTERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TELECENTER OPERATORS TELECENTER PROGRAM TELECENTER PROJECT TELECENTER PROPOSALS TELECENTER REVENUE TELECENTER SUSTAINABILITY TELECENTERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADVISER TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY TELEPHONE TELEPHONE CALLS TELEPHONE COMPANY TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONE NETWORK TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONE SHOPS TELEPHONY TELEVISION TRAINING GUIDELINES USERS USES VOICE MAIL WEB WORD PROCESSING For at least a decade, governments and non-profit organizations, often supported by bilateral aid, have experimented with tele-centers as means to extend access to computers, the Internet, and other information, and communication services to rural, and low-income urban areas of developing countries. Results have been mixed. This note proposes a guide for government policy on tele-centers conceived as private businesses - though with development functions - that are commercially sustainable beyond initial public support. 2012-08-13T14:46:34Z 2012-08-13T14:46:34Z 2003-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/16253104/sustainable-telecenters-guide-government-policy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11330 English Viewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 251 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research
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topic	TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS GOVERNMENT POLICY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BILATERAL AID TELECOM SERVICE DATA ACCESS TO DATA BASES ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE SERVICES INFORMATION DISSEMINATION COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL SERVICES DELIVERY RURAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POVERTY PRIVATE COMPANY COMMERCIAL POLICY TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS GOVERNMENT POLICY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BILATERAL AID TELECOM SERVICE DATA ACCESS TO DATA BASES ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE SERVICES INFORMATION DISSEMINATION COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL SERVICES DELIVERY RURAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POVERTY PRIVATE COMPANY COMMERCIAL POLICY ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO THE INTERNET BANDWIDTH BASIC BEST PRACTICES BROADBAND BROADBAND NETWORKS BROADCASTING BULK PROCUREMENT BUSINESS MODEL BUSINESS PLAN BUSINESS PLANS BUSINESS STRATEGIES BUSINESS TOOLS BUSINESSES CALL CHARGES CALLS CAPABILITIES CD-ROM CD-ROM SEARCHES CHARGING COMMERCIAL VIABILITY COMMON NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION SERVICES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY TELECENTERS COMPUTERS CONNECTING TELECENTERS CONNECTIVITY CONTENT PLATFORMS DATA TRAFFIC DATA TRANSMISSION DATA TRANSMISSION CAPABILITIES DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES DELIVERING SERVICES DESKTOP PUBLISHING DISTANCE EDUCATION ELECTRICITY ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT EQUITY REASONS FACSIMILE FACSIMILE LINES FAX MACHINE FAXES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FRANCHISING COMPANY GOVERNMENT POLICY HEALTH CENTERS HUMAN RESOURCES INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION INFORMATION NETWORKS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INSTALLATIONS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERNATIONAL CALLS INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE SERVICE LARGE TELECENTERS LEARNING LEASED CIRCUITS LICENSES LOCAL ADD-ONS LONG-DISTANCE CALL MAINTENANCE COSTS MANAGING TELECENTERS MARKET DEMAND MATERIAL MULTIMEDIA MULTIMEDIA SERVICES MULTIMEDIA TELECENTER MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY TELECENTERS NAME BRANDING NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS PERSONAL COMPUTER PHONE CARDS PILOT PROJECTS PORTALS POST OFFICES PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS PUBLIC ACCESS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SUPPORT PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK RADIO RADIO BROADCASTING RECURRENT COSTS RELIABILITY RESULTS RURAL TELEPHONE SEARCHES SINGLE-COMPUTER FACILITY SOFTWARE LICENSES SOFTWARE PLATFORM SPREADSHEETS STANDARD TELECENTERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TELECENTER OPERATORS TELECENTER PROGRAM TELECENTER PROJECT TELECENTER PROPOSALS TELECENTER REVENUE TELECENTER SUSTAINABILITY TELECENTERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADVISER TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY TELEPHONE TELEPHONE CALLS TELEPHONE COMPANY TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONE NETWORK TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONE SHOPS TELEPHONY TELEVISION TRAINING GUIDELINES USERS USES VOICE MAIL WEB WORD PROCESSING
spellingShingle	TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS GOVERNMENT POLICY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BILATERAL AID TELECOM SERVICE DATA ACCESS TO DATA BASES ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE SERVICES INFORMATION DISSEMINATION COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL SERVICES DELIVERY RURAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POVERTY PRIVATE COMPANY COMMERCIAL POLICY TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS GOVERNMENT POLICY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BILATERAL AID TELECOM SERVICE DATA ACCESS TO DATA BASES ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE SERVICES INFORMATION DISSEMINATION COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL SERVICES DELIVERY RURAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POVERTY PRIVATE COMPANY COMMERCIAL POLICY ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO THE INTERNET BANDWIDTH BASIC BEST PRACTICES BROADBAND BROADBAND NETWORKS BROADCASTING BULK PROCUREMENT BUSINESS MODEL BUSINESS PLAN BUSINESS PLANS BUSINESS STRATEGIES BUSINESS TOOLS BUSINESSES CALL CHARGES CALLS CAPABILITIES CD-ROM CD-ROM SEARCHES CHARGING COMMERCIAL VIABILITY COMMON NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION SERVICES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY TELECENTERS COMPUTERS CONNECTING TELECENTERS CONNECTIVITY CONTENT PLATFORMS DATA TRAFFIC DATA TRANSMISSION DATA TRANSMISSION CAPABILITIES DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES DELIVERING SERVICES DESKTOP PUBLISHING DISTANCE EDUCATION ELECTRICITY ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT EQUITY REASONS FACSIMILE FACSIMILE LINES FAX MACHINE FAXES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FRANCHISING COMPANY GOVERNMENT POLICY HEALTH CENTERS HUMAN RESOURCES INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION INFORMATION NETWORKS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INSTALLATIONS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERNATIONAL CALLS INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE SERVICE LARGE TELECENTERS LEARNING LEASED CIRCUITS LICENSES LOCAL ADD-ONS LONG-DISTANCE CALL MAINTENANCE COSTS MANAGING TELECENTERS MARKET DEMAND MATERIAL MULTIMEDIA MULTIMEDIA SERVICES MULTIMEDIA TELECENTER MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY TELECENTERS NAME BRANDING NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS PERSONAL COMPUTER PHONE CARDS PILOT PROJECTS PORTALS POST OFFICES PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS PUBLIC ACCESS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SUPPORT PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK RADIO RADIO BROADCASTING RECURRENT COSTS RELIABILITY RESULTS RURAL TELEPHONE SEARCHES SINGLE-COMPUTER FACILITY SOFTWARE LICENSES SOFTWARE PLATFORM SPREADSHEETS STANDARD TELECENTERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TELECENTER OPERATORS TELECENTER PROGRAM TELECENTER PROJECT TELECENTER PROPOSALS TELECENTER REVENUE TELECENTER SUSTAINABILITY TELECENTERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADVISER TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY TELEPHONE TELEPHONE CALLS TELEPHONE COMPANY TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONE NETWORK TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONE SHOPS TELEPHONY TELEVISION TRAINING GUIDELINES USERS USES VOICE MAIL WEB WORD PROCESSING Wellenius, Bjorn Sustainable Telecenters : A Guide for Government Policy
relation	Viewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 251
description	For at least a decade, governments and non-profit organizations, often supported by bilateral aid, have experimented with tele-centers as means to extend access to computers, the Internet, and other information, and communication services to rural, and low-income urban areas of developing countries. Results have been mixed. This note proposes a guide for government policy on tele-centers conceived as private businesses - though with development functions - that are commercially sustainable beyond initial public support.
format	Publications & Research :: Viewpoint
author	Wellenius, Bjorn
author_facet	Wellenius, Bjorn
author_sort	Wellenius, Bjorn
title	Sustainable Telecenters : A Guide for Government Policy
title_short	Sustainable Telecenters : A Guide for Government Policy
title_full	Sustainable Telecenters : A Guide for Government Policy
title_fullStr	Sustainable Telecenters : A Guide for Government Policy
title_full_unstemmed	Sustainable Telecenters : A Guide for Government Policy
title_sort	sustainable telecenters : a guide for government policy
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/16253104/sustainable-telecenters-guide-government-policy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11330
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