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Reviews the available evidence on the role of telecommunications in economic development, and outlines principles of economic analysis that can be used in allocating telecommunications investment in developing countries and rural and inner-city areas in industrialized countries. Covers assessment of the effects of investment, pricing and tariff policies, and restructuring the telecommunications sector. This revised edition updates statistical tables and expands material on technology and costs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780801846656
  • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Publication date: 9/1/1976
  • Series: World Bank Ser.
  • Edition description: 2ND
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 486
  • Product dimensions: 6.16 (w) x 9.20 (h) x 1.45 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition
List of Abbreviations
Pt. I An Introductory Perspective
Ch. 1 The Role of Telecommunications in Economic Development 3
Ch. 2 A Perspective on Technology and Costs 37
Ch. 3 Sector Organization, Management, and Financing 64
Pt. II Macroeconomic Analysis of Benefits
Ch. 4 Aggregate Correlation Analysis 85
Ch. 5 Structural Economic Analysis 99
Ch. 6 Location and Communication 121
Ch. 7 Transport, Communication, and Energy Consumption 135
Pt. III Microeconomic Analysis of Benefits
Ch. 8 Price Change and Best-Alternative Estimates of Consumer Surplus 157
Ch. 9 Expenditure Method Estimates of Consumer Surplus 173
Pt. IV Telephone Access and Use
Ch. 10 Characteristics of Telephone Subscribers 199
Ch. 11 Use of Business and Residential Telephones 219
Ch. 12 Use of Public Call Office Telephones 234
Pt. V Telecommunications Tariff Policy
Ch. 13 An Introduction to Tariff Policy 255
Ch. 14 Tariff Policy for Economic Efficiency 270
Ch. 15 Tariff Policy in Practice 286
Pt. VI Mobilizing Resources and Promoting Efficiency: Alternative Approaches
Ch. 16 Restructuring the Telecommunications Sector 303
Appendix A. Applications of Telecommunications for the Delivery of Social Sciences 335
Appendix B. Posts and Telecommunications as an Integrated Communications Sector 360
Appendix C. A Survey of Rural Public Call Offices in Costa Rica 379
Appendix D. Shadow Pricing for Telecommunications 413
Appendix E. World Bank Loans and Credits 417
Appendix F. The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission Costing Methodology: Cost Allocation Categories 422
References 426
Index 455
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