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Telecommunications Technologies: Deployment in Developing Countries

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Gasmi, Farid
Recuero Virto, Laura

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This paper examines some policies pursued in developing countries for the provision of telecommunications services in rural areas. These policies significantly differ from those typically implemented in developed countries in their fundamental objectives, the technological strategies deployed and the market and institutional environments they rest on. A review of some representative experiences suggests that thinking about public utility reforms in this part of the world is quite a challenging exercise. We point out some economic and institutional characteristics of these countries that we believe normative analysis of the reforms should explicitly take into account

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 2443.

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Keywords: Telecommunications; Developing Countries; Universal Access;

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D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure and Pricing - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
L96 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Telecommunications

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  1. Stern, J., 2000. "Electricity and telecommunications regulatory institutions in small and developing countries," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 9(3), pages 131-157, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Wallsten, S.J., 2000. "Telecommunications Privatization in Developing Countries: The Real Effects of Exclusivity Periods," Papers 99-031, United Nations World Employment Programme-.
  3. Fink, Carsten & Mattoo, Aaditya & Rathindran, Randeep, 2002. "An assessment of telecommunications reform in developing countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2909, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Estache, Antonio & Laffont, Jean-Jacques & Xinzhu Zhang, 2004. "Universal service obligations in developing countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3421, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
  5. Kayani, R. & Dymond, A., 1997. "Options for Rural Telecommunications Development," Papers 359, World Bank - Technical Papers.
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  1. Recuero Virto, Laura & Gasmi, Farid & Noumba Um, Paul, 2009. "The role of institutional design in the conduct of infrastructure industries reforms - An illustration through telecommunications in developing countries," MPRA Paper 12881, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
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