Resumen

CHAVEZ-ANGELES, Manuel Gerardo  y  SANCHEZ-MEDINA, Patricia S.. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT's) as a Common-pool Resource: Coordination, Competence and the Digital Divide in Eight Municipalities of Oaxaca. Gest. polít. pública [online]. 2013, vol.22, n.spe, pp.137-170. ISSN 1405-1079.

This article analyzes information and communication technologies (ICTs) as a common-pool resource. Using the institutional Analysis and development framework (IAD) the article analyzes the case of telecommunication investment at the municipal level in Mexico. The article develops a game theory model showing the need for inter municipal coordination and cooperation. in a market with a monopolistic provider of telecommunications, municipalities need to coordinate in order to receive high payments from his investment in information technologies (IT). The article also defines digital poverty lines and presents a probit estimation of its determinants. it presents cases of ICT access in eight municipalities in Oaxaca, Mexico. The article makes policy proposals for a municipal telecommunication fund that would allow coordination and cooperation in telecommunication investment. it also stresses the importance of open platforms and citizen participation.

Palabras llave : ICTs; municipalities; common-pool resources; information commons; game theory; telecommunications; internet.