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ICT and Telecommunications in Least Developed Countries : Mid-Term Review for the Decade 2001 - 2010 / International Telecommunication Union.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- International Telecommunication Union.
- Series:
- ICT and Telecommunications in Least Developed Countries, 24151947.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science and Technology.
- Development.
- Local Subjects:
- Science and Technology.
- Development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (128 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Geneva : International Telecommunication Union, 2006.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This document made huge strides towards the implementation of all the seven Commitments of the Brussels Programme of Action of the Least Developed Countries that was adopted by the Third United Nations Conference for the Least Developed Countries for the decade 2001-2010. The work undertaken falls into the following areas: a) Development of rural telecommunications: The digital divide in most countries is between urban areas and remote rural communities. b) Development of infrastructure and introduction of new technologies and services: The idea has been to identify low-cost, affordable and appropriate technologies for the LDCs. c) Sector Restructuring: A friendly regulatory and legal framework is catalytic to both domestic and foreign investment into the ICT sector. d) Human resources development/management: Assistance was given to train and retrain experts in LDCs. e) Emergency Telecommunications: Assistance in disaster risk reduction was given to LDCs, Small Island Developing States and some Land-Locked Developing States.
- Contents:
- Foreword and Acknowledgement
- Implementing the Brussels Programme of Action (BPoA)
- Bottlenecks and constraints
- Challenges (Investment, policy and regulation)
- Conclusions and recommendations
- The World Summit on the Information Society
- Overview of the global state of telecommunications
- Project highlights
- Notes
- Trends in telecommunications in the least developed countries
- Bibliography
- Statistical Annex
- Glossary.
- ISBN:
- 9789261167110
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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