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		<title>LIRNE.NET report benchmarks regulator websites</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2009/09/report-regulator-websites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NRA Websites: Benchmarking National Telecom Regulatory Authority Websites is the title of a report just published by LIRNE.NET. The report takes a detailed look at the state of regulatory authority websites in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and North America and identifies benchmarking indicators for evaluating them.

Download the report &#124; Buy from Amazon.com
Title: NRA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ICT Infrastructure in Emerging Asia</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2007/12/new-book-ict-infrastructure-in-emerging-asia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIRNEasia&#8217;s volume of research, ICT Infrastructure in Emerging Asia: Policy and Regulatory Roadblocks, is edited by Professor Rohan Samarajiva (Executive Director of LIRNEasia) and Ayesha Zainudeen (researcher at LIRNEasia), and published by Sage Publications. This well-structured volume will be of great value to those seeking to implement policy and regulatory reforms and improve ongoing reforms.

Click [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting a Dial Tone</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2007/10/new-book-getting-a-dial-tone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Getting a Dial Tone: Telecommunications Liberalisation in Malaysia and the Philippines, by Lorraine Carlos-Salazar, Senior Researcher at LIRNEasia and Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), was published by ISEAS this week. The work analyses the telecom reform process in Malaysia and the Philippines where far-reaching reforms have taken place. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whose Summit? Whose Information Society?</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2007/09/whose-summit-whose-information-society/</link>
		<comments>http://lirne.net/2007/09/whose-summit-whose-information-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LIRNE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) has just released Whose Summit? Whose Information Society? Developing countries and civil society at the World Summit on the Information Society written by David Souter, a LIRNE.NET associate and Visiting Research Fellow with the Media and Communications Department at the London School of Economics. The work draws upon participants&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diversifying Participation in Network Development</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2007/09/diversifying-participation-in-network-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LIRNE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s research and case studies elaborates on inclusive and propoor strategies for extending network development.
Download [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LIRNE partner &amp; Oxford ICT book</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2007/08/lirne-partner-oxford-ict-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LIRNE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Four professors from the London School of Economics, a LIRNE.NET partner, collaborated in the recently released book The Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies. The handbook is about the many challenges presented by ICTs. It sets out an intellectual agenda that examines the implications of ICTs for individuals, organizations, democracy, and the economy.

Edited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digital poverty in LAC</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2007/08/digital-poverty-in-lac/</link>
		<comments>http://lirne.net/2007/08/digital-poverty-in-lac/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LIRNE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIRNE&#8217;s partner in Latin America &#38; the Caribbean has published its first book, DIGITAL POVERTY: Latin American and Caribbean Perspectives. The book examines the problem of inadequate access to information and communication technology (ICT) and the need to develop appropriate pro-poor ICT policies within the Latin American and Caribbean context. The authors show how market [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Markets and Policies in New Knowledge Economies</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2007/07/markets-and-policies-in-new-knowledge-economies/</link>
		<comments>http://lirne.net/2007/07/markets-and-policies-in-new-knowledge-economies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LIRNE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[William H. Melody has a chapter in a recently published book The Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies. Melody&#8217;s chapter, Markets and Policies in New Knowledge Economies examines some of the generic developments and key characteristics of evolving twenty-first century new knowledge economies that are becoming evident, their implications for market development, and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SA ICT Sector Performance</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2007/04/sa-ict-sector-performance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LIRNE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ This fourth South African ICT Sector Performance Review (SPR) has been produced by LIRNE partners the LINK Centre and Research ICT Africa! (RIA). The report seeks to measure and assess market developments against national policy objectives such as access to services, cost of usage and competitiveness.
Download the PDF of the South Africa ICT Sector [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telecommunications Law in South Africa</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2006/11/telecommunications-law-in-south-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://lirne.net/2006/11/telecommunications-law-in-south-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2006 02:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LIRNE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Telecommunications Law in South Africa includes chapters on the important regulatory topics, including Licensing, Interconnection and Facilities Leasing, Pricing and Universal Service. It also includes chapters on The Regulators and Convergence, as well as an Overview and chapters on Economics and Technologies, authored by recognised experts in those areas. Separate chapters on the Electronic Communications [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulating Investment in Network Development</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2005/06/stimulating-investment-in-network-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LIRNE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final report from the second World Dialogue on Regulation for Network Economies research cycle has been released in both print and online formats. Edited by Amy Mahan and William Melody, the 383 page book contains the body of research and country case studies undertaken to investigate issues and perspectives on the theme Stimulating Investment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Networking Knowledge for Information Societies: Institutions &amp; Intervention</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2002/05/networking-knowledge-for-information-societies/</link>
		<comments>http://lirne.net/2002/05/networking-knowledge-for-information-societies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2002 21:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LIRNE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edited by Robin Mansell, Rohan Samarajiva and Amy Mahan, this comprehensive volume includes state-of-the-art analyses of the problems of and prospects for information societies. It is about the structures and processes of inquiry and institutional change and their relationship to rapid innovations in information and communication technologies. The work of William H. Melody features centrally [...]]]></description>
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