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Executive Summary: Second Year Policy Analysis

Posted by Jenny Stefanotti on Tuesday, April 6, 2010, In : Industrial Policy 
Below is the executive summary of my Second Year Policy Analysis, entitled "Domestic Broadband Infrastructure Policy: Laying the Foundation for the Future of ICT in Tanzania."  It examines the Tanzanian government's policy regarding national backbone infrastructure.  Email me if you'd like to read the full paper.
 
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With the recent launch of its submarine fiber-optic cable, SEACOM removed the most significant historical constraint to East African broadband connectivity.  Nonetheless, lac...


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Broadband Policy in Africa: Lessons from Korea

Posted by Jenny Stefanotti on Friday, January 8, 2010, In : Industrial Policy 

Africa is currently at a crossroads with respect to broadband policy.  Multiple submarine cables will come online around the continent over the next several years, radically changing the economics of high-speed Internet delivery and driving significant investments in domestic and regional telecommunications infrastructure.  Competition in these markets is highly imperfect due to the high fixed costs necessary for entry, and positive externalities create suboptimal allocations.  These market...


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Preparing for Liberia

Posted by Jenny Stefanotti on Monday, June 8, 2009, In : Liberia 

As the start of my internship draws near, I’ve been reading more and more about Liberia.  I’m pretty sure that it will impact me more than any other place I’ve ever been, and probably any other place I’ll ever go.  A few Harvard professors from the Kennedy School visited last winter, and even they said they’d never seen anything like it.  These are people who have spent a career studying development.

Liberia is, literally, one of the poorest countries on the planet - next to Malawi, ...

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