 Telecommunications in Central AmericaP. Raventos Working Papers from Harvard - Institute for International Development Abstract: Important links run in both directions between telecommunications and economic development. This paper examines the telecommunications sector in Central America in the context of national and regional growth and sustainable development. Its analysis of the telecommunications sector in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua shows that the sector developed substantially in the last several years even while under tight regulation or monopoly and that current telephone penetration is relatively high in relation to per capita income. Still, unmet demand for telephone service is substantial and geographic distribution of service is uneven. Moreover, revenues rely heavily on international calling, and Central America has the highest traffic imbalance in the world. This paper discusses prospects for expansion of the sector and revenues in each country under a variety of frameworks: continued monopolies; planned or on-going privatization programs; new regulatory frameworks; and/or deregulation. Keywords: TELECOMMUNICATIONS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:fth:harvid:648 Ordering information: This working paper can be ordered from Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Working Papers from Harvard - Institute for International Development CAER Project, Harvard Institute for International Development, 14 Story Street, Cambridge MA 02138O. Contact information at EDIRC. |
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