Communication for influence : linking advocacy, dissemination and research by building ICTD networks in the Andean Region, Latin America (CILAC); final technical report (28 April 2008-30 June 2009)

Abstract

Telecom reform policy was to increase universal affordable access to telecommunications in the interests of social and economic development. However, in Latin America reform has in practice not worked to ensure universal and affordable access to broadband connectivity. Research was conducted in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela to provide policy analysis from civil society perspectives around the impact of telecom reform on provision of access to broadband infrastructure. The AndinaTIC network was created, which can constitute a civil society voice simultaneously at the level of both regional and national governance institutions, on telecom reform and ongoing issues of access