Telecommunications and Information Services for the Poor : Toward a Strategy for Universal Access

Access to information, and communications technologies has become crucial to a sustainable agenda of economic development, and poverty reduction, and yet access remains concentrated in a few regions and population groups, with the contours of this...

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Main Authors:	Navas-Sabater, Juan, Dymond, Andrew, Juntunen, Niina
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE ALTERNATIVE POLICIES BROADCASTING COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK DECISION-MAKING DIGITAL DIVIDE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT EMPLOYMENT HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FINANCING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ICT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME LEVELS INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION SERVICES INFORMATION STORAGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INTERNET ACCESS INTERNET HOSTS KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT LIVING CONDITIONS LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKET PRICES MCT MEDIA MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY TELECENTER NATIONAL INCOME OIL POLICY INSTRUMENTS POSTAL SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY RADIO RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SERVICES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS TELECOM SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELEDENSITY TELEPHONE DENSITY TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONE PENETRATION TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONES TELEPHONY UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL ACCESS COSTS UNIVERSAL SERVICE URBAN AREAS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/04/1758933/telecommunications-information-services-poor-toward-strategy-universal-access http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14007

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spelling	okr-10986-140072021-04-23T14:03:11Z Telecommunications and Information Services for the Poor : Toward a Strategy for Universal Access Navas-Sabater, Juan Dymond, Andrew Juntunen, Niina ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE ALTERNATIVE POLICIES BROADCASTING COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK DECISION-MAKING DIGITAL DIVIDE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT EMPLOYMENT HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FINANCING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ICT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME LEVELS INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION SERVICES INFORMATION STORAGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INTERNET ACCESS INTERNET HOSTS KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT LIVING CONDITIONS LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKET PRICES MCT MEDIA MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY TELECENTER NATIONAL INCOME OIL POLICY INSTRUMENTS POSTAL SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY RADIO RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SERVICES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS TELECOM SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELEDENSITY TELEPHONE DENSITY TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONE PENETRATION TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONES TELEPHONY UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL ACCESS COSTS UNIVERSAL SERVICE URBAN AREAS Access to information, and communications technologies has become crucial to a sustainable agenda of economic development, and poverty reduction, and yet access remains concentrated in a few regions and population groups, with the contours of this new "digital divide" closely following, and supplementing existing income, and economic divides. However, technological innovations, economic pressures, and regulatory reforms, are making access to information, and communications technologies more affordable, and, providing opportunities to close the digital divide. This discussion paper outlines a number of policy, and regulatory measures, including incentives to attract investors to high cost, or challenging areas, that can be used under different scenarios, to close the digital divide. While Bank Group experience shows an increasing number of projects with specific universal access components, this paper proposes alternatives for Bank Group support for universal access policies, through an appropriate mix of technical assistance, and investments. 2013-06-19T16:33:39Z 2013-06-19T16:33:39Z 2002 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/04/1758933/telecommunications-information-services-poor-toward-strategy-universal-access 0-8213-5121-4 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14007 English en_US World Bank Discussion Paper;No. 432 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE ALTERNATIVE POLICIES BROADCASTING COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK DECISION-MAKING DIGITAL DIVIDE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT EMPLOYMENT HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FINANCING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ICT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME LEVELS INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION SERVICES INFORMATION STORAGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INTERNET ACCESS INTERNET HOSTS KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT LIVING CONDITIONS LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKET PRICES MCT MEDIA MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY TELECENTER NATIONAL INCOME OIL POLICY INSTRUMENTS POSTAL SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY RADIO RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SERVICES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS TELECOM SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELEDENSITY TELEPHONE DENSITY TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONE PENETRATION TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONES TELEPHONY UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL ACCESS COSTS UNIVERSAL SERVICE URBAN AREAS
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE ALTERNATIVE POLICIES BROADCASTING COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK DECISION-MAKING DIGITAL DIVIDE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT EMPLOYMENT HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FINANCING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ICT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME LEVELS INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION SERVICES INFORMATION STORAGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INTERNET ACCESS INTERNET HOSTS KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT LIVING CONDITIONS LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKET PRICES MCT MEDIA MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY TELECENTER NATIONAL INCOME OIL POLICY INSTRUMENTS POSTAL SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY RADIO RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SERVICES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS TELECOM SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELEDENSITY TELEPHONE DENSITY TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONE PENETRATION TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONES TELEPHONY UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL ACCESS COSTS UNIVERSAL SERVICE URBAN AREAS Navas-Sabater, Juan Dymond, Andrew Juntunen, Niina Telecommunications and Information Services for the Poor : Toward a Strategy for Universal Access
relation	World Bank Discussion Paper;No. 432
description	Access to information, and communications technologies has become crucial to a sustainable agenda of economic development, and poverty reduction, and yet access remains concentrated in a few regions and population groups, with the contours of this new "digital divide" closely following, and supplementing existing income, and economic divides. However, technological innovations, economic pressures, and regulatory reforms, are making access to information, and communications technologies more affordable, and, providing opportunities to close the digital divide. This discussion paper outlines a number of policy, and regulatory measures, including incentives to attract investors to high cost, or challenging areas, that can be used under different scenarios, to close the digital divide. While Bank Group experience shows an increasing number of projects with specific universal access components, this paper proposes alternatives for Bank Group support for universal access policies, through an appropriate mix of technical assistance, and investments.
format	Publications & Research :: Publication
author	Navas-Sabater, Juan Dymond, Andrew Juntunen, Niina
author_facet	Navas-Sabater, Juan Dymond, Andrew Juntunen, Niina
author_sort	Navas-Sabater, Juan
title	Telecommunications and Information Services for the Poor : Toward a Strategy for Universal Access
title_short	Telecommunications and Information Services for the Poor : Toward a Strategy for Universal Access
title_full	Telecommunications and Information Services for the Poor : Toward a Strategy for Universal Access
title_fullStr	Telecommunications and Information Services for the Poor : Toward a Strategy for Universal Access
title_full_unstemmed	Telecommunications and Information Services for the Poor : Toward a Strategy for Universal Access
title_sort	telecommunications and information services for the poor : toward a strategy for universal access
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/04/1758933/telecommunications-information-services-poor-toward-strategy-universal-access http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14007
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