03034nam 2200637Ia 450 991078407100332120231206202714.01-280-71791-297866107179101-55250-188-4(CKB)1000000000334092(EBL)259192(OCoLC)62783265(SSID)ssj0000160034(PQKBManifestationID)11149032(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000160034(PQKBWorkID)10181562(PQKB)11677855(CaPaEBR)405815(CaBNvSL)gtp00521938 (Au-PeEL)EBL259192(CaPaEBR)ebr10120554(CaONFJC)MIL71791(OCoLC)437167041(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/ckfs63(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/3/405815(MiAaPQ)EBC259192(MiAaPQ)EBC3243368(EXLCZ)99100000000033409220051130d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFunding and implementing universal access[electronic resource] innovation and experience from UgandaKampala, Uganda Fountain Publishers ;Ottawa, Ont. International Research Development Centrec20051 online resource (105 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9970-02-518-X 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;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 techInformation technologyUgandaTelecommunicationLaw and legislationUgandaInformation technologyTelecommunicationLaw and legislation303.4833Uganda Communications Commission.International Development Research Centre (Canada)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784071003321Funding and implementing universal access3842243UNINA