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Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO BROADBAND AND SERVICE PROGRAMS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY [December 2014]
by García Zaballos, Antonio; Foditsch, Nathalia
http://publications.iadb.org/handle/11319/6735?locale-attribute=en
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[full-text, 155 pages]
Broadband is key to inclusive growth. It contributes substantially to social
and economic development in the areas of job creation, business investment,
and online services, among others. Several countries in Latin America and
the Caribbean have already initiated reforms of their telecommunications
framework to advance broadband towards universal usage. On one
hand, the universal access service (UAS) policies that are relatively solid
in middle-income or emerging countries will attract significant financial
resources to manage the high costs that relate to new infrastructure in rural
areas. Depending on the country's topography, however, the possibilities for
development may be limited and costly. On the other, UAS policies that are
considered advanced or have been long established (and rely considerably
on the private sector) will need to address the disbanding of old frameworks.
The objective of this publication is to assist national authorities in the
region as they bridge the gaps between their countries and those that have
developed effective UAS policies.
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