Sustainable Telecenters : A Guide for Government Policy

• Tác giả: Bjorn Wellenius
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 609.17 Historical, geographic, persons treatment
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 297009
• Chủ đề: 1. BILATERAL AID; 2. GOVERNMENT POLICY; 3. NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; 4. TELECOM SERVICE DATA; 5. TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS

Tóm tắt

For at least a decade, governments and non-profit organizations, often supported by bilateral aid, have experimented with tele-centers as means to extend access to computers, the Internet, and other information, and communication services to rural, and low-income urban areas of developing countries. Results have been mixed. This note proposes a guide for government policy on tele-centers conceived as private businesses - though with development functions - that are commercially sustainable beyond initial public support.