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BL
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994775
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b749145
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Muente-Kunigami, Arturo.
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Options to increase access to telecommunications services in rural and low-income areas /\ Arturo Muente-Kunigami, Juan Navas-Sabater.
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Washington, D.C. :: World Bank,, 2010, ©2009.
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World Bank Working papers,; 178
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1 online resource (44 pages).
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| ISBN
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0821381431
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: 1282422170
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: 6612422173
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: 9780821381434
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: 9781282422179
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: 9786612422171
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0821381407
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9780821381403
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Includes bibliographical references (page 44).
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| Contents
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Introduction -- First things first : allow markets to work well -- An ever-changing industry : changes and trends in rural telecommunications since the early 1990s -- Rationale for universal access policy instruments -- Assessing the suitability of the instruments -- Implementation arrangements -- Conclusion.
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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 p.
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Poor.
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Rural telecommunication.
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Telecommunication policy.
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Telecommunication systems.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Industries-- Media Communications.
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Poor.
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Rural telecommunication.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Telecommunications.
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Telecommunication policy.
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Telecommunication systems.
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| Dewey Classification
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384/.043091734
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HE7645.M834 2010eb
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Navas-Sabater, Juan,1968-
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