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Telecom Policy Innovation: the Role of Free Spectrum and Telecommunication Development in Rural Ghana
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https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242011000300007Abstract
Keywords:
- Policy innovation
- Telecom market incentive
- Rural telecommunications
- Universal Access
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