@Book{79758255X,
author="Bezzina, J??r??me",
title="Djibouti - Telecommunications and ICT Diagnosis and Advocacy Policy Note: Mitigating the Opportunity Cost of Status Quo",
year="2013",
publisher="Washington",
address="DC",
keywords="ACCESS TO THE INTERNET; ACTION PLAN; ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES; ADSL; ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY; AUCTION; BACKBONE; BANDWIDTH; BEST PRACTICES; BOTTLENECKS; BROADBAND; BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT; BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES; BUSINESS PROCESS; BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING; BUSINESS REGULATIONS; BUSINESSES; CALL CENTERS; COMMERCE; COMMON MARKET; COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES; COMPETITIVE MARKET; CONGESTION; CONNECTIVITY; CONSUMER SURPLUS; COUNTRY TO COUNTRY; CRITICAL MASS; CROSS SUBSIDIES; CUSTOMER SERVICE; DEBT; DEBT SERVICE; DECISION-MAKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIGITAL AGE; DIRECT ACCESS; DOMAIN; DRIVING; E-GOVERNMENT; ECONOMIC ASSET; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC VALUE; EMERGING MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENTS; FIXED COST; FOREIGN INVESTMENT; FREE TRADE; FREE ZONES; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; GROWTH RATE; HARMONIZATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; HUMAN RESOURCES; ICT; IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES; IMPROVEMENT OF CAPACITY; INCOME; INDUSTRY STANDARDS; INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS; INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT; INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS; INFRASTRUCTURES; INSTALLATION; INSTITUTION; INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICE; INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES; INTERNATIONAL GATEWAYS; INVESTMENT CLIMATE; ISP; ISPS; JOINT VENTURE; JURISDICTION; LABOR FORCE; LEGAL FRAMEWORK; LICENSE; LICENSE FEES; LICENSES; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; MARKET DEVELOPMENTS; MARKET LIBERALIZATION; MARKET SEGMENTS; MARKET STRUCTURE; MARKETING; MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES; MOBILE NETWORK; MOBILE PHONE; MOBILE PHONE SUBSCRIBERS; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE SERVICE; MOBILE SERVICES; MOBILE TELEPHONY; MOBILE USERS; MONOPOLISTIC BEHAVIOR; MONOPOLY; NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURAL RESOURCES; NETWORKS; NEW TECHNOLOGY; NUMBER OF USERS; OIL; OPEN ACCESS; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; OUTSOURCING; PENETRATION RATE; POLICY MAKERS; POLITICAL WILL; PORT FACILITIES; POSTAL SERVICES; PRIVATE INVESTMENT; PRIVATE INVESTMENTS; PRIVATIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFIT MARGINS; PROPERTY RIGHTS; PUBLIC GOOD; QUALITY OF SERVICE; QUALITY OF SERVICES; RADIO; RADIO FREQUENCY; RADIO SPECTRUM; RADIO TECHNOLOGIES; REFORM PROGRAM; REGIONAL INTEGRATION; REGULATOR; REGULATORY AGENCY; REGULATORY BODY; REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; REGULATORY REFORM; RESULT; ROUTE; SUBMARINE CABLES; SUPERVISION; SUSTAINABLE GROWTH; TAX; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; TELECOM; TELECOM SECTOR; TELECOM SERVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECTS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR; TELECOMS; TELECOMS CHARGES; TELECOMS INDUSTRY; TELECOMS OPERATORS; TELECOMS SERVICES; TELEDENSITY; TELEPHONES; TELEPHONY SERVICES; TIME ZONES; TRAFFIC; TRANSIT; TRANSIT SERVICES; TRANSPARENCY; TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE; TRUE; TURNOVER; USER; USERS; VOICE MAIL; VOIP; WAGES; WEALTH; WEB",
abstract="This diagnosis and advocacy policy note highlights key issues in the Djiboutian telecommunications sector and suggests possible recommendations for policy and regulatory reform. In Djibouti the sector is fully vertically integrated and the monopolistic position of Djibouti Telecom on the whole market drives the telecommunication sector to global inefficiencies, impacting the whole social welfare. The note identifies the key operational, regulatory and policy challenges and argues that, in persisting with those identified bottlenecks the country would simply trigger a fiscal and economic opportunity cost expected to dramatically impede the development of the sector, and jeopardize the expected developmental impacts of major infrastructure projects currently initiated. Strategic and Policy recommendations to mitigate the opportunity cost of status quo are eventually proposed. Among the reforms proposed were proposing choices the reform could take, reinforcing the regulatory body of the Ministry of Communication, and creating an IXP and a POP to leverage the impacts of fiber optic projects and make Djibouti an international ICT Gateway.",
url="http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12521",
language="English"
}