Bridging the Digital Divide : How Enterprise Ownership and Foreign Competition Affect Internet Access in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Bridging the Digital Divide : How Enterprise Ownership and Foreign Competition Affect Internet Access in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Many observers attributed the rapid productivity growth observed in the United States in the mid- to late 1990s, to the growing use of information, and the Internet. This in turn created concern that developing, and transition economies - where use...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clarke, George R.G.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
BANKING SYSTEMS
CAPITAL GOODS
CAPITAL MARKETS
COMPUTER HARDWARE
DEMONSTRATION EFFECTS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DIFFUSION OF TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL DIVIDE
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPLOYMENT
ENGINEERS
ENTERPRISE OWNERSHIP
EXPENDITURES
FIXED COSTS
FOREIGN ENTRY
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
GNP
GROWTH
IMPORTS
INCOME
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INTERNET ACCESS
INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
INTERNET SERVICES
INTERNET USE
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LICENSING
LOCAL ENTERPRISES
MARGINAL COSTS
MARKET COMPETITION
MONOPOLIES
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
OIL
OIL SECTOR
POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
PRODUCTION PROCESSES
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
RETAINED EARNINGS
TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS
TELEPHONE SERVICES
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
URBANIZATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/07/1551960/bridging-digital-divide-enterprise-ownership-foreign-competition-affect-internet-access-eastern-europe-central-asia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19585

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/07/1551960/bridging-digital-divide-enterprise-ownership-foreign-competition-affect-internet-access-eastern-europe-central-asia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19585

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