ISBN:
1552501884
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997002518X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 90 p)
,
ill
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23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Saint-Lazare, Quebec Gibson Library Connections 2008 Canadian electronic library. Books collection Electronic document; Available by subscription via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Funding and Implementing Universal Access : Innovation and Experience from Uganda
DDC:
303.4833
Keywords:
Information technology
;
Telecommunication Law and legislation
;
Information technology -- Uganda
;
Telecommunication -- Law and legislation -- Uganda
;
Electronic books
;
Information technology ; Uganda
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Telecommunication ; Law and legislation ; Uganda
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Uganda was one of the first countries in Africa to develop a policy on universal access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) and to implement a universal access fund, designed to support initiatives aimed at improving poor and rural populations' access to ICTs. Today, Uganda's universal access policy and rural communications development fund are generally seen as "best practice". This book presents the Ugandan experience - an experience that was unique because of the country's early liberalization of the communication sector and explosion in the use of mobile communication tech
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; 1 Basic Definitions and Concepts; 2 Basic Policy Formulation and Universal Access Development; 3 Estimating Subsidy Requirements; 4 Baseline Demand Analysis; 5 Developing the Fund Strategy; 6 Operating Principles, Organisation and Operations; 7 Subsidy Competition, Tendering and Contract Awards; 8 Monitoring and Evaluation; Notes; Index
Note:
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,
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