GPOBA Supports Increased Access to Telecommunications Services for Rural Poor in Cambodia
News Release No. 2009/1
In Washington:
Cathy Russell, tel. (+1) 202 458 8124 crussell@worldbank.org
In Phnom Penh:
Sareoun Bou, tel. (855) 23 217 301 sbou@worldbank.org
Output-Based Aid in Nepal: Expanding Telecommunications Service to Rural Areas
A landlocked country which is covered largely by hills and mountains, Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, where many people are isolated and without formal means of communication. Despite recent telecommunication sector reforms, rural areas have not been served.
Output-based aid in Uganda: Bringing Communication Services to Rural Areas
In 1999, Uganda had achieved a national teledensity (fixed and mobile) of about one telephone per 100 inhabitants, slightly above the average for Sub- Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa). But with most phone lines concentrated in the Kampala area, rural teledensity was far lower. Indeed, only 380 of the 920 subcounties in Uganda were expected to have any kind of telephone service by 2001.
Output-Based Aid in Mongolia: Expanding Telecommunications Services to Rural Areas
Access to telecommunications services has been extremely limited in the remote and sparsely populated areas of Mongolia. Several factors have conspired against achieving universal access on a purely commercial basis—the country’s vast and challenging geography, the nomadic lifestyle of the rural population, government ownership and incumbent control of the long-distance transmission network.
Output-Based Aid in Telecommunications: New Models for Universal Access in Latin America
During the 1990s many Latin American countries developed universal access programs, financed through universal service funds, to increase telecommunications access in rural and low-income areas.
