"Leveraging Telecommunications Policies for Pro-Poor Growth Universal Access Funds With Minimum-Subsidy Auctions"

From the Executive Summary: "The objective of the present document is to help donors assess the opportunity and risks of involvement in Universal Access policy/ Universal Access funds to extend telecommunications services to the rural poor. 2. In November 2003, the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Network on Poverty Reduction (POVNET) established a task team to develop recommendations to strengthen the poverty reduction impact of economic infrastructure projects. This report aims to contribute to POVNET’s upcoming workshop1, which will discuss specific technical and strategic issues of sustainable, pro-poor and pro-growth infrastructure provision." Karine Perset, OECD Development Assistance Committee document DCD/DAC/POVNET(2004)13, 22-Oct-2004. (PDF, 56 pages.)

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Contributor: John Daly
Published Date: August 21, 2005