Feasibility Assessment for Developing a Mobile Applications Sector in Afghanistan

Afghanistan has made significant progress in its development since 2001. Yet, these achievements remain continually fragile because of a volatile security situation and limited human capacity. In spite of these constraints, the information and...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	3G ADSL ADVERTISING API APPLICATION PROGRAMMING APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE ASP B2B B2C BACKBONE BANDWIDTH BARCODE BASIC BDS BEST PRACTICES BROADBAND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUSINESS ENABLING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS INNOVATION BUSINESS MODEL BUSINESS MODELS BUSINESS PLAN BUSINESS PLANNING BUSINESS TO BUSINESS BUSINESS TO CONSUMER BUSINESSES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CITIES CODES COLLABORATION COMMERCE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITIES COMPONENTS COMPUTER SCIENCE COMPUTING CONNECTIVITY CONTENT PROVIDER CONTENT PROVIDERS CONTENT PUBLISHING CONTRACTORS COPYING COPYRIGHT CREATIVE SOLUTIONS CREDIT CARD CREDIT CARDS CUSTOMER BASE DATA ACCESS DATA COLLECTION DEMOCRACY DEVICES DIGITAL DIGITAL CONTENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORK ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EGOV ELEARNING ENABLING ENVIRONMENT END USER END USERS END-USER END-USERS EQUIPMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE GOVERNMENT REVENUE GOVERNMENT SERVICES GROWTH POTENTIAL HARDWARE HUMAN CAPACITY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCES ICT IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD IMPLEMENTATION PLAN INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATION PROGRAM INNOVATION · PROGRAMS INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE INTERFACE INTERNET ACCESS INTERNET POLICY INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS INTERNET SERVICES ISP ISPS IT SERVICES IVR JAVA KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LEGAL FRAMEWORK LICENSE LICENSES LICENSING LINUX LITERACY LITERACY RATE LITERACY RATES MARKET DEMAND MARKETING MASS MARKET MATERIAL MEDIA MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MESSAGING MOBILE APPLICATIONS MOBILE ECONOMY MOBILE NETWORK MOBILE PHONE MOBILE SERVICE MOBILE USERS NETWORK BUILDING NETWORKING NETWORKS NEW MARKET NEW TECHNOLOGY NEXT GENERATION OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE OPERATING SYSTEM OPERATING SYSTEMS PCS PERFORMANCE INDICATOR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PHYSICAL LOCATION PORTALS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTORS PRODUCT DESIGN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PUBLISHING REGULATORY CHALLENGES REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS REGULATORY REFORM RESULTS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICES TO CITIZENS SOCIAL ISSUES SOFTWARE COMPANIES SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SOFTWARE LOCALIZATION SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE · PROGRAMMING SUPERVISION TARGETS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGICAL STANDARDS TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE TIME FRAME TRAINING PROGRAMS TRAINING WORKSHOPS USERS VALUE CHAIN VIRTUAL BUSINESS VSAT WAP WEB WEB HOSTING WEB PORTAL WEBSITE WIFI WIRELESS WORLD WIDE WEB
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/ http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20809