Description: Broadcasting and Development : Options for the World Bank

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Broadcasting and Development : Options for the World Bank

Broadcasting can have a significant part to play in the fight to reduce global poverty. At least 77 percent of the world's population is estimated to be within easy access of broadcast technology (compared to perhaps 4 percent for the Internet...

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Main Authors:	Eltzroth, Carter, Kenny, Charles
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	BROADCASTING INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES INFORMATION UTILITIES GOVERNANCE ECONOMIC SECTOR COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES SECTOR RESTRUCTURING RADIO BROADCASTS DEVELOPMENT IMPACT POLICY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY APPROACHES POVERTY REDUCTION OBJECTIVES LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES RURAL AREAS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES CROP PRICES DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS INTERNET SERVICES OWNERSHIP LIFE EXPECTANCY INFANT MORTALITY SCHOOL OUTCOMES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY ACCESS ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO TELEVISION ADVERTISING AUDIENCES AUDIO BROADCAST BROADCAST INFORMATION BROADCASTERS BROADCASTING BROADCASTING NETWORKS CABLE NETWORKS CABLE TELEVISION CENSORSHIP CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS CLIENT COUNTRIES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY RADIO COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS COMPRESSION CONTENT PROVIDERS COPYRIGHT CORPORATIZATION DIGITAL TELEVISION DIGITAL TV DISTANCE EDUCATION DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS DISTANCE LEARNING DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMS DOCUMENTS E-COMMERCE E-GOVERNMENT EASE OF USE EDUCATIONAL RADIO ELECTRONIC MEDIA GICT GUIDES HTML INFORMATION ACCESS INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION SERVICES INFORMATION SOCIETY INFORMATION TRANSFER INTERACTIVE RADIO INSTRUCTION INTERNET INTERNET ACCESS INTERNET CONNECTIVITY INTERNET CONTENT INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER LITERACY MASS MEDIA MEDIA MEDIA COVERAGE MEDIA REGULATION MEDIA SECTOR MULTIMEDIA PERSONAL COMPUTERS PHOTOCOPYING POSTAL OPERATIONS PRINTING PROGRAMMING PROGRAMS PUBLIC BROADCASTING PUBLIC LIBRARIES RADIO RADIO BROADCAST RADIO BROADCASTERS RADIO CHANNELS RADIO EQUIPMENT RADIO INSTRUCTION RADIO NETWORKS RADIO SETS RADIO SPECTRUM RADIO STATION RURAL RADIO SAL SATELLITE BROADCASTING SECURE TRANSACTIONS SOUND RECORDINGS TEACHER TRAINING TELECENTERS TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIBERALIZATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMS TELECOMS TELEPHONES TELEPHONY TELEVISION TELEVISION STATIONS TELEVISIONS TERRESTRIAL BROADCASTING TEXTBOOKS TRAINING COURSES TRANSPARENCY UNIVERSAL ACCESS VIDEO VOICE TELEPHONY WEB SITES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/2683731/broadcasting-development-options-world-bank http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15079

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Summary:	Broadcasting can have a significant part to play in the fight to reduce global poverty. At least 77 percent of the world's population is estimated to be within easy access of broadcast technology (compared to perhaps 4 percent for the Internet), broadcast services are easily accessible by the illiterate and those that speak minority languages. Broadcast operations have been proven sustainable even in low income rural areas. They can play an important role in information transfer (conveying crop prices and employment opportunities, for example). They have played an important role in a range of development projects-including interactive radio instruction, where they have been found to be a highly cost effective intervention. Access to broadcast technologies also has been found to correlate with improved access to government services. Convergence of information and communications technologies (ICT) is allowing broadcast services to be provided over telecommunications networks and Internet services to use broadcast systems. Differentiating broadcast and telecommunications is becoming increasingly anachronistic, many countries are already moving towards a model of convergence regulation that encompasses both sub-sectors. For the World Bank Group to be involved in telecommunications while eschewing broadcast will frequently involve forcing our client countries into suboptimal policy and regulatory solutions. Further, the use of broadcast to provide Internet services is a potential development opportunity that should not be ignored by the Bank in its operations.