Reaping Digital Dividends : Leveraging the Internet for Development in Europe and Central Asia

From East to West, the economies of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) are not taking full advantage of the internet to foster economic growth and job creation. The residents of Central Asia and the South Caucasus pay some of the highest prices in the world for internet connections that are slow and unre...

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Main Authors:	Kelly, Tim, Liaplina, Aleksandra, Tan, Shawn W., Winkler, Hernan
Format:	Book
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2017
Subjects:	INTERNET ICT ALTERNATIVE WORK ARRANGEMENTS E-COMMERCE BROADBAND SKILLS COMPETITION DIGITAL TRADE TECHNOLOGY ROUTINE JOBS CLOUD COMPUTING PRODUCTIVITY
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26151

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spelling	okr-10986-261512021-04-23T14:04:33Z Reaping Digital Dividends : Leveraging the Internet for Development in Europe and Central Asia Kelly, Tim Liaplina, Aleksandra Tan, Shawn W. Winkler, Hernan INTERNET ICT ALTERNATIVE WORK ARRANGEMENTS E-COMMERCE BROADBAND SKILLS COMPETITION DIGITAL TRADE TECHNOLOGY ROUTINE JOBS CLOUD COMPUTING PRODUCTIVITY From East to West, the economies of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) are not taking full advantage of the internet to foster economic growth and job creation. The residents of Central Asia and the South Caucasus pay some of the highest prices in the world for internet connections that are slow and unreliable. In contrast, Europe enjoys some of the world’s fastest and affordable internet services. However, its firms and individuals are not fully exploiting the internet to achieve higher productivity growth as well as more and better jobs. Reaping Digital Dividends investigates the barriers that are holding back the broader adoption of the internet in ECA. The report identifies the main bottlenecks and provides policy recommendations tailored to economies at varying levels of digital development. It concludes that policies to increase internet access are necessary but not sufficient. Policies to foster competition, international trade and skills supply, as well as adapting regulations to the changing business environment and labor markets, will also be necessary. In other words, Reaping Digital Dividends not only requires better connectivity, but also complementary factors that allow governments, firms and individuals to make the most out of it. 2017-02-23T18:14:54Z 2017-02-23T18:14:54Z 2017-03-07 Book 978-1-4648-1025-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26151 English en_US Europe and Central Asia Studies; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication Europe and Central Asia Central Asia Europe
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spellingShingle	INTERNET ICT ALTERNATIVE WORK ARRANGEMENTS E-COMMERCE BROADBAND SKILLS COMPETITION DIGITAL TRADE TECHNOLOGY ROUTINE JOBS CLOUD COMPUTING PRODUCTIVITY Kelly, Tim Liaplina, Aleksandra Tan, Shawn W. Winkler, Hernan Reaping Digital Dividends : Leveraging the Internet for Development in Europe and Central Asia
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description	From East to West, the economies of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) are not taking full advantage of the internet to foster economic growth and job creation. The residents of Central Asia and the South Caucasus pay some of the highest prices in the world for internet connections that are slow and unreliable. In contrast, Europe enjoys some of the world’s fastest and affordable internet services. However, its firms and individuals are not fully exploiting the internet to achieve higher productivity growth as well as more and better jobs. Reaping Digital Dividends investigates the barriers that are holding back the broader adoption of the internet in ECA. The report identifies the main bottlenecks and provides policy recommendations tailored to economies at varying levels of digital development. It concludes that policies to increase internet access are necessary but not sufficient. Policies to foster competition, international trade and skills supply, as well as adapting regulations to the changing business environment and labor markets, will also be necessary. In other words, Reaping Digital Dividends not only requires better connectivity, but also complementary factors that allow governments, firms and individuals to make the most out of it.
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title	Reaping Digital Dividends : Leveraging the Internet for Development in Europe and Central Asia
title_short	Reaping Digital Dividends : Leveraging the Internet for Development in Europe and Central Asia
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