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Quisumbing WTO, Agriculture, and Developing Countries: Lessons from the Indian Experience By Ashok Gulati and Anwarul Hoda Land and Schooling: Transferring Wealth across Generations By Agnes R. Quisumbing, Jonna P. Estudillo, and Keijiro Otsuka What's Economics Worth? Valuing Policy Research Edited by Philip G. Pardey and Vincent H. Smith Information and Communication Technologies for Development and Poverty Reduction The Potential of Telecommunications EDITED BY MAXIMO TORERO AND JOACHIM VON BRAUN Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore © 2006 The International Food Policy Research Institute All rights reserved. Published 2006 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 21 The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363 www.press.jhu.edu International Food Policy Research Institute 2033 K Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 862-5600 www.ifpri.org LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction : the potential of telecommunications / edited by Maximo Torero and Joachim von Braun p. cm. "Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute." Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8018-8041-6 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-8018-8226-5 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Telecommunication—Developing countries—Case studies. 2. Economic development— Case studies. I. Torero Cullen, Maximo. II. Von Braun, Joachim, 1950- HE8635.I52 2006 384.09172'4—dc22 2005052796 A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Contents List of Figures xi List of Tables xv Foreword xix Acknowledgments xxi Abbreviations xxiii Introduction and Overview 1 JOACHIM VON BRAUN AND MAXIMO TORERO Telecommunications Infrastructure and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis 21 MAXIMO TORERO, SHYAMAL K. CHOWDHURY, AND ARJUN S. BEDI Institutional and Public Policy Aspects of ICT Infrastructure Provision 64 MAXIMO TORERO AND JOACHIM VON BRAUN Case Studies Telecommunications Privatization: The Case of Peru 90 MAXIMO TORERO Public-Private Partnership Initiated by Aid: The Case of Laos 100 GI-SOON SONG Leadership from Nongovernmental Organizations: The Case of Bangladesh 110 SHYAMAL K. CHOWDHURY AND ABDUL BAYES viii Contents Competition Without Privatization: The Case of China 122 WENSHENG WANG Institutional Trends and Infrastructural Developments in Telecommunications in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Ghana 132 ROMEO BERTOLINI 4 The Economic Effects of ICT at Firm-Levels 166 GI-SOON SONG AND DIETRICH MUELLER-FALCKE Case Studies The Impact of ICT on Small Enterprises: The Case of Small-Scale Industry in India 174 DIETRICH MUELLER-FALCKE Does the Use of ICT Improve the Productivity of SMEs in East Africa? The Case of Kenya and Tanzania 184 FRANCIS A. S. T. MATAMBALYA AND SUSANNA WOLF The Impact of Telecommunications on Rural Enterprises: The Case of Rural Laos 197 ARJUN S. BEDI AND GI-SOON SONG ICT and Export Performance: The Case of Garment Manufacturing Enterprises in India 207 KAUSHALESH LAL 5 Impacts of ICT on Low-Income Rural Households 234 MAXIMO TORERO AND JOACHIM VON BRAUN Case Studies The Impact of Public Telephones in Rural Areas: The Case of Peru 240 VIRGILIO GALDO AND MAXIMO TORERO The Benefits of Rural Telecommunications: The Case of Laos 251 GI-SOON SONG AND ARJUN S. BEDI Implications of Access to Public Telephones: The Case of Rural Bangladesh 267 SHYAMAL K. CHOWDHURY Farmers, Incomes, and the Use of Telephones: The Case of Rural China 277 WENSHENG WANG The Effects of Public Telephone Services: The Case of Rural Ghana 283 ROMEO BERTOLINI ICT for Pro-Poor Provision of Public Goods and Services: A Focus on Health 312 MAJA MICEVSKA Conclusions and Implications for Policy and Research 337 MAXIMO TORERO AND JOACHIM VON BRAUN Glossary of ICT Terminology 345 Contributors 347 Index 351