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| Title: |
Unravelling 'the missing link': the provision of telecommunications services in select developing countries |
| Author: |
Singh, J. P. |
| Appeared in: |
Communicatio |
| Paging: | Volume 24 (1998) nr. 1 pages 48-58 |
| Year: |
1998 |
| Contents: |
An important report from the International Telecommunication Union in 1984 singled out telecommunications as 'the missing link' for economic prosperity in developing countries and advocated putting a telephone within the reach of every member of its population. This report was one among the many initiatives which underscore the emphasis given to telecommunications in many developing countries since the mid-1980s. But more than a decade later, the goals of the Maitland Commission Report remain unfulfilled. 'The missing link' behind these unfulfilled goals is the political economy of telecommunications restructurings, now extensively examined by scholars, which shows how these services are being supplied. States' decision-making, within the context of their consolidation of power, is important for understanding these restructurings. Links between telecommunications restructuring and economic development are strong where the state acts as a catalyst among interest groups and follows a demand led strategy. But most developing country states are nor catalytic (termed dysfunctional in this paper). The paper briefly surveys seven catalytic/dysfunctional states to offer preliminary observations on the pace (fast/slow), sequence (consistent/capricious) and scope (comprehensive/piecemeal) of their telecommunication restructurings efforts. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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