The socioeconomic meaning of telecommunications in the Third World
Series: Research reports of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation
Publisher: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Bonn
Translation of: Fernmeldewesen und Entwicklung
Number of pages: 96
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: 1. Approaches to analyse the effects of te1ecommunications; title: 1.1 Macro-analyses; title: 1.2 Micro-analyses; title: 1.3 Other analyses; title: 1.4 Comparisons; title: 2. The effects of telecommunications in the Third World; title: 2.1 Use; title: 2.1.1 Patterns of use; title: 2.1.2 Comparing media of communication; title: 2.1.3 Opportunity costs; title: 2.2 Returns and surpluses; title: 2.2.1 Tariffs; title: 2.2.2 Internal returns; title: 2.2.3 Economic returns; title: 2.3 Economic aspects; title: 2.3.1 Gross national product; title: 2.3.2 Economic (sub)sectors; title: 2.4 Regional aspects; title: 2.4.1 Urban-rural balance; title: 2.4.2 Regional distributions; title: 2.5 Social aspects; title: 2.5.1 Employment; title: 2.5.2 Income distribution; title: 2.5.3 Living conditions; title: 3. Key quest ions on telecommunications projects; title: 4. Literature; title: 4.1 Main source; title: 4.2 Basic literature; title: 4.3 Literature on the Repub1ic on Korea; title: 4.4 Literature on Paraguay; title: 5. Figures and tables