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SOUTH ASIA: ACCESS TO INFORMATION FLOWS
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| International tourism departures | Main telephone lines | Public telephones | Cellular Mobile subscribers | Televisions | Personal Computers | Internet Hosts | ||||||||
| Thousands | Index(1990=100) | ( Per 1,000 people ) | ( Per 1,000 people ) | ( Per 1,000 people ) | ( Per 1,000 people) | ( Per 1,000 people) | ( Per 1,000 people) | |||||||
| 1997-98(a) | 1997-98 (a) | 1990 | 1996-98(a) | 1990 | 1996-98(a) | 1990 | 1996-98(a) | 1990 | 1996-98(a) | 1990 | 1996-98 | 1998 | ||
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| Bangladesh | 992 | 256 | 2 | 3 | - | ( . ) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | - | - | 0.00 | |
| Bhutan | - | - | 4 | 16 | 0.0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 19 | - | 4 | 0.06 | |
| India | 3,811 | 167 | 6 | 22 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 69 | ( . ) | 3 | 0.01 | |
| Maldives | 37 | 176 | 29 | 71 | - | 1.8 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 39 | - | - | 0.38 | |
| Nepal | 110 | 134 | 3 | 8 | ( . ) | ( . ) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 0.01 | |
| Pakistan | - | - | 8 | 19 | ( . ) | 0.2 | ( . ) | 1 | 26 | 88 | 1 | 4 | 0.02 | |
| Sri Lanka | 518 | 174 | 7 | 28 | - | 0.2 | ( . ) | 9 | 35 | 92 | ( . ) | 4 | 0.03 | |
Data refer to the most
recent year available during the period specified in the column heading.
b= Data refer to 1998.
Note (-) Data not available
Source: Human development Report : 2000, UNDP, OUP, New
Delhi, 2000.