DIRSI - Regional Dialogue on the Information Society - Telecom Regulatory Environment (TRE) Assessment Series
Using interviews and a questionnaire administered to a statistically significant cross-section of industry stakeholders and experts, the TRE assessment traverses six dimensions of regulatory risk (market entry, access to scarce resources, interconnection, tariff regulation, regulation of anti-competitive practice and universal service) for both the fixed and mobile sectors.
The TRE methodology focuses on the environment as a whole, rather than only on the regulatory agency. This broadens the scope and usefulness of the study to different actors.
DIRSI and LIRNE.NET are currently undertaking TRE studies in Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador. The Latin American TRE researchers are using the beta version of a TRE Toolkit developed by LIRNEasia – and making suggestions for its…
The article below (issued to mark International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction, 11 days late) says that the manner in which warning are communicated “typically disadvantage women.” The “evidence” or illustration used to support this broad claim is strained, to say the least. Our experience with the HazInfo project in Sri Lanka was quite the opposite. It will be interesting to see what others think.
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Early warning systems are critical to reducing the impact of floods, droughts, hurricanes, tsunamis and other disasters. However, the ways in which warnings are relayed typically disadvantage women and their ability to respond to the disasters.
For example, in one fishing village in Peru prior to an extreme El…
The final report from the World Dialogue on Regulation (WDR) 3rd research cycle has been released and can now be downloaded or ordered in hardcopy. Edited by Amy Mahan and William H. Melody, this most recent collection of the network’s research and case studies elaborates on inclusive and propoor strategies for extending network development.
Title: Diversifying Participation in Network Development: Case studies and research from WDR Research Cycle 3
Editors: Amy Mahan and William H. Melody
Tags: 978-9974-8067, Abu-Saeed Khan, African Mobile, Albania, Ali Ndiwalana, Amy Mahan, Andrew Barendse, Argentina, Asia-Pacific, Ayesha Zainudeen, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bruce Girard, Caribbean, Christoph Stork, Claire Milne, Colombia, Erik Skouby, Ewan Sutherland, Foundation Partners, Ghana, Gustavo Gómez, Guyana, Harsha de Silva, Latin America, Malathy Knight-John, Mariama Deen-Swarray, Melody
Document, Mexico, Nepal, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, Peru, Reza Tadayoni, Samuel Braithwaite, Sebastian Ureta, South Africa, Steve Esselaar, Telecom, Uruguay, William H. Melody.
Technicians and engineers from Telecoms Sans Frontieres have arrived in Peru to help the earthquake recovery effort. The five-strong team will deploy satellite telephone and internet access in three centres - at Pisco, where the quake hit hardest, Ica and Chincha.
Full Story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6951981.stm
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