Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries

Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries

Policymakers are simultaneously concerned about the consequences of a worsening "digital divide" between rich and poor countries and hopeful that information and computing technologies could increase economic growth in developing countrie...

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Main Author:	Wallsten, Scott
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMPETITION POLICY COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIGITAL DIVIDE ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC SITUATION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPLOYMENT FOREIGN COMPETITION GDP ICT INCOME INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS INFORMATION ECONOMICS INFORMATION ECONOMY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INTERNET ACCESS INTERNET HOSTS INTERNET PRICING INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS INTERNET USE ISP LEASED LINES MARKET POWER MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NATURAL MONOPOLIES PER CAPITA INCOME PERSONAL COMPUTERS PRIVATE GOODS PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMS REGULATORY AGENCIES REGULATORY AGENCY REGULATORY POLICY RETURNS TO SCALE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMS TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONY TRAINING CENTERS TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNIVERSAL SERVICE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2166845/regulation-internet-use-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19042

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2166845/regulation-internet-use-developing-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19042

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