INTERNATIONAL  TELECOMMUNICATION  UNION	

SUBSCRIPTION  CIRCULAR   No. 162
	Geneva, 20 July 1995

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	Telecommunication Indicators for the Least Developed Countries
	(1st edition, 1995)

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TELECOMMUNICATION INDICATORS FOR
THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
(1st edition, 1995)

	The inaugural edition of Telecommunication Indicators for the Least Developed Countries provides analysis and statistics on the current status of telecommunications networks and services in the 48 Least Developed Countries (LDCs). These countries are among the least advanced, both in terms of their general level of social and economic development and also from a telecommunications standpoint. There is strong evidence of “market failure” in that potential investors are deterred by small market size, regulatory restrictions, lack of information and, in some cases, civil instability. As such, these countries are falling behind other developing countries in the race to build modern telecommunication networks.
	The objective of the publication is to raise awareness of the needs of this group of countries, to highlight opportunities for investment, and to provide a resource base for the multi-lateral and bi-lateral aid organisations and funding agencies involved in telecommunications development:
	The chapters of the report present:
		an analysis of the latest available data on the development of telecommunication networks and services, focusing where possible on success stories;
		an honest assessment of the problems facing the sector;
		an evaluation of investment opportunities;
		reports and recommendations on sector restructuring;
		an assessment of the need for information infrastructures;
		conclusions and recommendations.
	The report concludes that while those operators which have introduced some degree private ownership or foreign investment have generally fared better than the others, nevertheless there is still a need for active involvement by the traditional development partners, such as the multilateral development banks. The LDCs are worse off now, in general economic terms, than they were in the 1970s or even the 1960s. Telecommunication networks are growing, but nevertheless the LDCs are falling behind other countries.
	The LDCs are Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lao (PDR), Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Principe, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Western Samoa, Yemen, Zaire, Zambia and the independent state of Tuvalu.

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Date of publication :	July 1995	
Size :	A4 (21 x 29.7 cm)	
Number of pages :	about 130	
Languages :	Bilingual edition (English/French)	
Price :		Swiss francs
Catalogue Price	68.-
ITU Administrations and members
of the ITU sectors		62.-	
ISBN :	92-61-05699-7	
Please note :	The data used in this report is available on diskette or online (via the Internet) as part of the “World Telecommunication Indicators” service. It can be purchased as an annnual subscription (updated quarterly) or as an individual purchase. For more information, please consult the Subscription Circular No. 160.	
Also available in the Regional Telecommunication Indicators Series:	Swiss Francs	
Region	Date of publication	Administrations
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Americas (Bilingual: English/Spanish)
Arab States (Bilingual: English/French)
Asia-Pacific (English only)
Economies in Transition (English only)
Western and Southern Europe (Bilingual: English/French)	April 1994
June 1994
April 1994
May 1993*
June 1994
May 1994		80.-
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* 2nd Edition to be published in August 1995
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