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

von Arturo Muente-Kunigami, Juan Navas-Sabater

58 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: World Bank Publications
• ISBN: 9780821381403
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 06.11.2009
• Größe: 254 x 178 mm
• Verlag: World Bank Publications