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Tele-centres as a way of achieving universal access--the case of Ghana

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  • Falch, Morten
  • Anyimadu, Amos

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Creation of a countrywide network of tele-based information centres (or 'tele-centres') offers a low cost opportunity to empower local communities in developed and developing countries to meet the challenges of the information society. This paper presents a field study of how tele-centres in Ghana have contributed to universal access and discusses their potential impact on rural development.

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  • Falch, Morten & Anyimadu, Amos, 0. "Tele-centres as a way of achieving universal access--the case of Ghana," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 27(1-2), pages 21-39, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:27:y::i:1-2:p:21-39
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    1. Thai, Do Manh & Falch, Morten, 2018. "Universal service in Vietnam: An institutional approach," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 42(4), pages 323-332.
    2. Frank Louis Kwaku Ohemeng & Kwaku Ofosu-Adarkwa, 2014. "Overcoming the Digital Divide in Developing Countries," Journal of Developing Societies, , vol. 30(3), pages 297-322, September.
    3. Thai, Do Manh & Falch, Morten & Williams, Idongesit, 2015. "The Role Of Stakeholders On Implementing Universal Services In Vietnam," 26th European Regional ITS Conference, Madrid 2015 127184, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).
    4. Gasmi, Farid & Recuero Virto, Laura, 2005. "Telecommunications Technologies: Deployment in Developing Countries," MPRA Paper 2443, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Do Manh Thai & Duong, Dang & Falch, Morten & Chung Bui Xuan & Tran Thi Anh Thu, 2021. "Factors Affecting the Sustainability of Telecentres in the Developing Country," 23rd ITS Biennial Conference, Online Conference / Gothenburg 2021. Digital societies and industrial transformations: Policies, markets, and technologies in a post-Covid world 238017, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).

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