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Closing the gap in access to rural communications : Chile 1995-2002 /
During the 1990's Chile experienced a rapid growth in telecommunications services that resulted in new services, technological innovation, and prices among the world's lowest. However, despite this fast growth in telecommunication services, most rural inhabitants of Chile and some urban dw...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
©2002.
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| Colección: | World Bank discussion papers ;
430. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Background
- 2. The Telecommunications Development Fund
- Administration
- Eligible Projects
- Competitive Tenders
- Licenses
- 3. Results, 1995-2002
- Population Coverage
- Private Resource Mobilization
- Utilization and Revenues
- Operating Companies
- 4. Success Factors
- Reliance on Market Forces
- Minimal Regulation
- Simple and Relatively Fast Processing
- Competence and Leadership
- 5. More on Selected Success Factors
- Competition for the Market
- Growth-Oriented Business Strategy
- Cost-Reflective Access Charges
- 6. Improving the Basic Design
- Target Population
- Selection Bias
- Local Participation
- Implementation Delays and Penalties
- Quality of Service and Monitoring
- Administration
- Regulatory Framework
- 7. Outstanding Questions
- Sustainability of Rural Service
- Remaining Unserved Rural Population
- Low-Income Urban Areas
- 8. Beyond Voice
- 9. Conclusion
- Annex 1. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Projects.
- Annex 2. Setting Access Charges for Rural Telephone Companies.