Foreword |
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Preface |
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List of Figures |
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List of Tables |
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List of Abbreviations |
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Introduction |
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1 The Evolution of Universal Service in Vietnam and Its Implication for 5G |
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11 | (26) |
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11 | (1) |
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1.2 Overview of the Vietnamese Telecoms Policy and Market |
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12 | (5) |
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1.2.1 A Snapshot on the Evolution of the Telecom Market in Vietnam |
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12 | (2) |
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1.2.2 A Snapshot of Vietnamese Telecom Policy Approach |
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14 | (3) |
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1.3 The Evolution of Universal Service Policies in Vietnam |
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17 | (14) |
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18 | (3) |
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1.3.2 From 2005-2010: Program on Provision of Public Telecommunications Services until 2010 |
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1.3.3 Key Stakeholders in Implementing Program 74 |
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23 | (6) |
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1.3.3.1 The stakeholders carried out the provision of universal services |
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1.3.3.2 The initiatives implemented in Vietnam |
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26 | (3) |
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1.3.4 From 2010-Now: Program on the Provision of Public Telecommunications Services until 2020 |
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1.3.4.1 Overview of Program 1168 |
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1.3.5 The Stakeholders Carried Out the Provision of Universal Services for Program 1168 |
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1.4 Vietnamese Approach towards Developing the Telecoms Market |
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31 | (2) |
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1.4.1.1 Subsidies for development of infrastructure-the Broadband Connection Plan |
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1.4.1.2 Subsidies for development and maintenance public internet access centres-the Public Connection Plan |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (7) |
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1.4.2.1 Subsidies for demand-the Institutes Connection Plan |
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33 | (1) |
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1.5 The Implication of the Vietnamese Approach to the Development of 5G Infrastructure and Services |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (2) |
2 Regulatory Challenges Affecting ICT Development in Ukraine |
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37 | (40) |
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2.2 Overview of Policies and Regulations Governing ICT in Ukraine |
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38 | (2) |
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2.3 The National ICT Sector |
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2.3.1 Mobile Communication Technologies |
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2.3.2 Mobile Broadband-3G Introduction |
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42 | (2) |
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2.3.3 Broadband Access Technologies |
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44 | (3) |
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2.4 The Transformation of Regulatory Policy in Ukraine |
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2.4.1 1991-2000 Post Soviet Transformation, the Monopoly of the Dominant Operator |
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47 | (3) |
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2.4.2 2001-2008 The Regulatory Authority, Inefficient Regulatory Intervention |
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2.4.2.1 Regulatory initiatives adopted by NCCIR |
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51 | (1) |
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2.4.2.2 Emerging outcome to telecom regulations in the Ukraine |
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52 | (2) |
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2.4.3 2009-2016 Decisive and Pro-Investment Regulatory Intervention |
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54 | (6) |
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2.4.3.1 The promotion of competition |
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54 | (3) |
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2.4.3.2 The privatization of Ukrtelecom |
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57 | (3) |
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2.4.4 Regulation. The EU-Ukraine Cooperation |
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2.4.4.1 ICT benefits from the EU-Ukraine cooperation |
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64 | (1) |
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2.5 e-Government Implementation in Ukraine |
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64 | (8) |
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2.5.1 Regulations and e-Government Implementation |
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65 | (5) |
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2.5.2 The Role of Civil Society in e-government Reforms |
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70 | (2) |
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72 | (5) |
3 The Will to Innovate in Colombia: ICT Policies as a Means for Improving Education |
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77 | (22) |
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3.1 Introduction: ICT Policies as a Will to Improve |
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77 | (3) |
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3.1.1 Overview of National ICT for Education Policies |
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78 | (2) |
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3.1.2 The Will to Improve |
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80 | (1) |
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3.2 Innovating in Higher Education: The Colombian Case |
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80 | (5) |
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3.3 Enacting the Will to Innovate |
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85 | (9) |
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3.3.1 The Will to Innovate by Virtualising |
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86 | (1) |
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3.3.2 The Will to Innovate by Training |
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87 | (2) |
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3.3.3 The Will to Innovate by Planning |
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89 | (2) |
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3.3.4 The Will to Innovate by Producing Digital Resources |
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91 | (1) |
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3.3.5 The Will to Innovate by Researching |
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92 | (1) |
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3.3.6 Summary on the will to Innovate in Colombia |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (2) |
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98 | (1) |
4 The Role of Zero-Rating and Free Data in Promoting Next Generation Networks in Emerging Countries |
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99 | (22) |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (3) |
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103 | (3) |
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103 | (2) |
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105 | (1) |
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4.4 Reasons to Use Differential Pricing, Zero-Rating and Free Data |
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106 | (5) |
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4.4.1 Improve the Economics for Capital Investment |
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106 | (1) |
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4.4.2 Support Competition in the Market for Mobile Subscription, Content and Advertising |
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107 | (2) |
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4.4.3 Supporting App and Content Development |
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109 | (5) |
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109 | (2) |
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4.5 Strategies for Building the Digital Economy of Developing Countries |
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111 | (3) |
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4.6 Five Questions for Regulators to Adjudicate |
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114 | (7) |
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4.6.1 What Perfect or Very Close Substitutes Would the Zero-Rating Offer Foreclose? |
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115 | (1) |
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4.6.2 Does the Usage of Zero-Rated Application Cost to the Operator Less Than Equivalent Usage of Non-Zero-Rated Applications? |
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116 | (1) |
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4.6.3 Is Zero-Rated Access to a Subset of Applications Intended to Increase the Number of Individuals Using the Internet? |
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116 | (1) |
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4.6.4 Which Party Makes the Zero-Rating Complaint? |
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117 | (1) |
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4.6.5 Is Zero-Rating Being Used to Access a Site for Which the User Then Pays a Fee? |
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118 | (3) |
5 Digital Divide: The Case of Africa |
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121 | (28) |
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Part 1: Historical and Theoretical Overview on Digital Divide |
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122 | (14) |
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5.2 Historical Overview of Digital Divide |
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5.3 Perspectives on Digital Divide |
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123 | (5) |
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5.3.1 What Is Digital Divide? |
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123 | (2) |
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5.3.2 Digital Dividend and Digital-Divide |
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125 | (1) |
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5.3.3 The Internet and Digital Divide |
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125 | (1) |
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5.3.4 Why Discuss Digital Divide? |
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125 | (1) |
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5.3.5 Nature of the Divide |
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126 | (1) |
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5.3.6 Previous Studies on the Digital Divide |
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127 | (1) |
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5.4 Overview of Factors Influencing the Digital Divide |
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128 | (4) |
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130 | (1) |
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5.4.2 Demographic Variables |
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131 | (1) |
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5.4.3 Telecommunication Pricing Measures |
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131 | (1) |
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5.4.4 Policy and Operational Barriers |
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131 | (1) |
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5.5 Disadvantaged Groups in the Digital Divide in Africa |
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132 | (4) |
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5.5.1 Gender Issues in the Digital Divide |
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133 | (2) |
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5.5.2 The Elite versus the Poor |
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135 | (1) |
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Part 2: Mobile Telephony and Digital Divide in Africa |
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136 | (6) |
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5.6 Cellular Mobile Communications |
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136 | (6) |
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5.6.1 Cellular Architectures |
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138 | (1) |
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5.6.2 Impact of the Wireless Technologies on Digital Divide in Africa |
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139 | (3) |
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Part 3: Current Policy Solutions |
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142 | (7) |
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142 | (4) |
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5.7.2 Why the Problem Still Exists in Africa |
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146 | (1) |
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5.8 Author's Views on Digital Divide |
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146 | (2) |
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6 M-Health in Africa: A Situation Analysis |
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149 | (24) |
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149 | (2) |
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151 | (4) |
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6.3 mHealth State in Africa |
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155 | (7) |
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162 | (3) |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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6.5 Challenges and Way Forward |
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165 | (5) |
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7 Leveraging TV White Spaces as a Tool for Improved Rural Broadband Connectivity in Developing Countries: An Operational Perspective |
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7.3 TVWS Network Setup at Case Study Location-Koforidua Polytechnic |
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7.4 Operational Feasibility Analysis |
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7.4.1 Signal Strength and Throughput Test |
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180 | (2) |
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182 | (3) |
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7.5 Cost Comparison of Deploying TVWS Broadband and 3G Broadband |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (5) |
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7.6.1 Policy Recommendation for Digital Inclusion-Northern Ghana |
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187 | (1) |
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7.6.2 Ghana Landscape and Line of Sight Communication |
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188 | (3) |
8 Towards Smart Farming? Mobile Technology Trends and Their Potential for Developing Country Agriculture |
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191 | (2) |
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8.2 Mobile Technology Trends |
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193 | (9) |
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8.2.1 Diversity of Personal Mobile Devices and Delivery Channels |
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194 | (4) |
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198 | (1) |
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8.2.3 Capitalizing on Networks and a Large User Base |
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199 | (3) |
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8.3 Scenarios for the Evolution of Technology Trends and M-Services |
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202 | (7) |
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8.3.1 Implications for Agricultural M-Services |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (2) |
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8.3.4 Capitalizing on Networks |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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9 How Africa Can Gain Benefits from Next Generation Networks |
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211 | (24) |
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211 | (1) |
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9.2 Background on ICT for Development in Africa |
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212 | (2) |
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9.3 Development Agenda and ICT |
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9.3.1 From Past to Present |
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214 | (1) |
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9.4 Issues and Challenges |
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217 | (7) |
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9.4.2 Drawbacks of New Technologies |
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218 | (4) |
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9.4.3 Negative Impact of Digital Development |
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222 | (2) |
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9.5 Platform Enclosure by Huge Companies |
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224 | (4) |
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9.5.1 Enclosure of IoT Market |
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224 | (1) |
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9.5.2 Enclosure of the Internet Service |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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9.5.4 The Future of Africa (Worst-Case Scenario) |
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227 | (1) |
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9.6 ICT Policy for the Digital Development Era |
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228 | (5) |
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9.6.1 Reconsideration of ICT Policy Intervention |
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228 | (2) |
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9.6.2 Encouragement of Business Ecosystem |
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230 | (1) |
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9.6.3 Improvement of Human Resources |
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231 | (1) |
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9.6.4 Promotion of Local and Intrinsic Market (Original Market in the Flattening World) |
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9.6.5 Coordination and Cooperation with Stakeholders |
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232 | (1) |
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10 Rural Broadband in Developing Regions: Alternative Research Agendas for the 5G Era |
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235 | (2) |
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237 | (13) |
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10.2.1 Rural 50: The Truly Disruption? |
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238 | (4) |
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10.2.2 The Third Century of an Unaccomplished Development Effort |
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242 | (1) |
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10.2.3 Rural Broadband and Development |
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243 | (2) |
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10.2.4 International Cooperation in 5G |
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245 | (1) |
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10.2.5 The Long-Lasting Nature of Rural Telecommunications Research |
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245 | (3) |
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10.2.6 Horizontal and Vertical Research |
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248 | (1) |
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10.2.7 Bottom-Up and Neutral Research |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (23) |
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10.3 Alternative Research Agendas |
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250 | (23) |
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10.3.1 Research Policies: Feedback from The Missing Link? |
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255 | (1) |
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10.3.1.1 Lifecycle management and cost engineering |
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259 | (1) |
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10.3.1.2 Utility cooperatives |
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261 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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266 | (1) |
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10.3.1.5 Feasibility from the demand side |
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268 | (1) |
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10.3.1.6 Data granularity |
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270 | (3) |
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273 | (4) |
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10.4 Examples of Promising Directions for Rural 50 |
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273 | (2) |
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10.4.1 Channel Modelling for Millimeter Wave: Unexpected Findings? |
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273 | (1) |
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10.4.2 Big Data and Geospatial Analysis |
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274 | (1) |
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10.4.3 MU-MIMO-OFDM in Rural UHF Macro Cells |
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275 | (1) |
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11 Public-Private-Community Organizational and Financial Strategy for Developing 5G Infrastructure and Services in Rural Asia: The Case of Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines |
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277 | (36) |
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277 | (2) |
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279 | (11) |
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11.2 Introduction to the PPC Concept |
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279 | (6) |
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11.2.1 What Is and What Is Not a PPC |
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279 | (2) |
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281 | (1) |
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11.2.3 Core Characteristics of PPCs |
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11.2.3.1 Intention to initiate |
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281 | (1) |
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11.2.3.2 Expected incentives |
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283 | (1) |
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11.2.3.3 Expected stakeholder functions |
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284 | (1) |
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11.3 The Rationale for PPC |
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285 | (2) |
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11.3.1 The Rapid Evolution of Mobile Technology |
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285 | (1) |
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11.3.2 The Failure of Competition |
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286 | (1) |
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11.3.3 The Need for PPC and Opportunity for PPCs in Asia |
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286 | (1) |
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11.4 The Potential of PPC in the Delivery of 50 in Rural Areas in Developing Countries |
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287 | (3) |
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11.4.1 Potential Community and Potential Demand |
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288 | (1) |
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11.4.2 Potential Supply Possibilities |
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289 | (1) |
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11.4.3 Potential PPC Organizational and Financial Strategy |
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290 | (1) |
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290 | (23) |
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11.5 Inspiration for the Organizational Framework for Supplying Telecom Infrastructure |
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290 | (7) |
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11.5.1 Background for the Organizational and Financial Strategy |
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291 | (1) |
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11.5.2 Municipality Action |
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292 | (1) |
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11.5.3 Description of the Organizational and Financial Strategy |
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293 | (4) |
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11.6 Demand Assessment for Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand |
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297 | (5) |
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11.6.1 Overview of the Adoption of Broadband in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines |
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297 | (1) |
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11.6.2 The Existence of Huge Rural Commercial Cooperatives in the Three Countries |
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298 | (3) |
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11.6.3 The Need for ICT by the Cooperatives |
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301 | (1) |
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11.6.4 The Potential for Network Effect |
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301 | (1) |
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11.7 Potential Supply Possibilities |
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302 | (2) |
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11.7.1 The Infrastructure to Be Supplied |
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303 | (1) |
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11.8 The Role of the Stakeholders in the PPC Organizational and Financial Strategy |
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304 | (9) |
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11.8.1 The Public Sector Stakeholders |
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304 | (1) |
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11.8.1.1 Public sector stakeholders involved in the central coordination of the PPC |
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304 | (1) |
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11.8.1.2 Public sector stakeholders needed in the facilitation of the service platform |
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304 | (1) |
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11.8.1.3 Public sector stakeholders needed for the facilitation of the 5G network infrastructure |
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305 | (1) |
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11.8.1.4 Public sector stakeholder needed to facilitate capacity building |
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306 | (1) |
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11.8.2 The Private Network/Service Stakeholders |
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307 | (1) |
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11.8.2.1 Private sector stakeholder needed for 5G infrastructure delivery |
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307 | (1) |
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11.8.2.2 Private sector stakeholder needed for the delivery of the service infrastructure |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (2) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (2) |
References |
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313 | (42) |
Index |
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355 | (2) |
About the Editors |
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357 | (4) |
About the Authors |
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