Poverty Reduction Through Increased Telecom Access and Usage
1. Teleuse on a Shoestring 2: Poverty reduction through telecom access at the Bottom of the Pyramid Harsha de Silva and Ayesha Zainudeen, LIRNE asia Colombo, 6 December 2006 7th Annual Symposium on Poverty Reduction
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10. untruth, truth, what? While ownership is low… Thailand Philippines Sri Lanka India Pakistan Source: National regulatory agencies; * 2005, **2004 57.80** 45.30* 29.10 12.80 29.38 Total number of phones per 100 population
11. untruth, truth, what? …access is very high* Most (66%) can get to a phone in 5 minutes ; much less than 1 hour… 95% 93% 92% 94% 98% Accessibility (used a phone in the preceding 3 months) Thailand Phils. Sri Lanka India Pakistan South East Asia South Asia
12. untruth, truth, what? High reliance on commercial phones * Does it mean no access; or have access?
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15. user issues Affordability; tight purse… * Owners only: mobile is almost all pre-paid; to control expenditure 4% 1% 8% 4% 1% Post Paid 96% 99% 92% 95% 99% Pre Paid Thailand Philippines Sri Lanka India Pakistan
16. user issues Affordability; only a few calls… * Source: Diary All users (owners or otherwise) on average one call a day
17. user issues Affordability; short calls… * Source: Diary However, average MOUs for owners are higher e.g: Sri Lanka: Prepaid: 120 MOU per month Source: Operators >15 min.
18. user issues Affordability; abnormal pattern … * Source: Diary Sri Lanka Poverty premium
19. user issues Expenditure higher than ARPU * Poverty premium; those who use other peoples’ or public phones are being charged higher rates… Ave. Monthly expenditure for users (USD) 9 9 9 7 12 Home Fixed Phone 19 10 18 7 21 Post Paid 8 2 7 5 8 Pre-Paid Thailand Phils. Sri Lanka India Pakistan
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