Anmerkungen:
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments November 9, 2016 erstellt
Beschreibung:
Using the number of base stations of Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access service as the output and the demand determinants — population, per capita income, and mean years of schooling — at the inputs in a data envelopment analysis model and a stochastic frontier framework, this study finds that the Internet infrastructure is generally inefficiently allocated in Nepal. Such inefficiencies simply reflect that, without a favorable local environment, the investment on information and communications infrastructure will be wasteful. In order to reap the benefits of the global information revolution, the Government of Nepal needs to focus on two important policy issues. First, it should focus on creating income-generation and educational opportunities across the country. Second, it should foster a more competitive market environment to ensure that the incumbent operator is not always dominant