Milking a cow you don't feed : is Uganda starving telecoms growth through high taxes?

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dc.contributor.authorWakabi, Wairagala
dc.contributor.authorFinlay, Alan
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-17T21:22:53Z
dc.date.available2012-04-17T21:22:53Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractSome argue that the country’s slow liberalization process, and clumsy privatization of the incumbent Uganda Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (now Uganda Telecom Limited, UTL), has had severe impact on universal access. In the case of the former, it is argued that the stop-start liberalization process was evidence of a government desperately in need of money, and wanting to milk the highest cash value for the incumbent, ready to put access targets on the backburner to do this. The article argues that the balance of imperatives in Uganda feels uneven, and when it comes to taxes its policies are contradicted by regulation.en
dc.formatTexten
dc.format.extent1 digital file (3 p. : ill.)en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/48800
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAssociation for Progressive Communications (APC)en
dc.relation.ispartofAPC News, 10 September 2009en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
dc.subjectTELECOM POLICYen
dc.subjectTELECOM REGULATIONSen
dc.subjectINFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)en
dc.subjectUGANDAen
dc.subjectICT ACCESS AND USAGEen
dc.subjectICT POLICYen
dc.subjectDIGITAL INCLUSIONen
dc.subjectTELECENTRESen
dc.subjectCOMPUTER LITERACYen
dc.subjectTAX REFORMen
dc.subjectPRIVATIZATIONen
dc.subjectCORRUPTIONen
dc.titleMilking a cow you don't feed : is Uganda starving telecoms growth through high taxes?en
dc.typeMedia Articleen
idrc.copyright.oapermissionsourceCC BYen
idrc.dspace.accessOpen Accessen
idrc.project.componentnumber104576001
idrc.project.number104576
idrc.project.titleCommunication for Influence : Building ICTD Networks in Central, East and West Africaen
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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