The Role of ICT Regulations in Agribusiness and Rural Development
Agriculture plays a vital role in the development of many countries. Access to markets, finance and information are cornerstones for agricultural growth. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) supports farmers by facilitating access to mark...
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okr-10986-290412021-05-25T09:08:53Z The Role of ICT Regulations in Agribusiness and Rural Development Kayumova, Marina AGRICULTURE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FINANCE GROWTH POLICY ICT AGRIBUSINESS RURAL DEVELOPMENT Agriculture plays a vital role in the development of many countries. Access to markets, finance and information are cornerstones for agricultural growth. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) supports farmers by facilitating access to markets through real-time data on market prices, weather forecasts, information on pests, seed varieties and planting techniques. A major impediment for smallholder farmers to fully exploit the benefits of ICT is the lack of sufficient infrastructure and mobile networks in rural areas. A reason for this persisting network coverage gap stems from the significant capital investments required for providing widespread ICT access, which mobile operators have often little incentive to make since the potential profit margins in rural areas are relatively low. This paper examines the role of regulations in facilitating ICT access and ultimately rural development. The remainder of this paper is organized as follows. The second section discusses the role of an enabling environment and ICT regulations that are critical for expanding access to rural areas. The third section presents the new data set on the quality of regulations followed by the analysis of the relationship between regulations and key ICT development indicators. The final section draws some concluding remarks. 2017-12-19T17:54:18Z 2017-12-19T17:54:18Z 2017-12 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/595981512639073166/The-role-of-ICT-regulations-in-agribusiness-and-rural-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29041 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
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AGRICULTURE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FINANCE GROWTH POLICY ICT AGRIBUSINESS RURAL DEVELOPMENT Kayumova, Marina The Role of ICT Regulations in Agribusiness and Rural Development |
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Agriculture plays a vital role in the
development of many countries. Access to markets, finance
and information are cornerstones for agricultural growth.
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) supports
farmers by facilitating access to markets through real-time
data on market prices, weather forecasts, information on
pests, seed varieties and planting techniques. A major
impediment for smallholder farmers to fully exploit the
benefits of ICT is the lack of sufficient infrastructure and
mobile networks in rural areas. A reason for this persisting
network coverage gap stems from the significant capital
investments required for providing widespread ICT access,
which mobile operators have often little incentive to make
since the potential profit margins in rural areas are
relatively low. This paper examines the role of regulations
in facilitating ICT access and ultimately rural development.
The remainder of this paper is organized as follows. The
second section discusses the role of an enabling environment
and ICT regulations that are critical for expanding access
to rural areas. The third section presents the new data set
on the quality of regulations followed by the analysis of
the relationship between regulations and key ICT development
indicators. The final section draws some concluding remarks. |
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Working Paper |
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Kayumova, Marina |
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Kayumova, Marina |
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Kayumova, Marina |
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The Role of ICT Regulations in Agribusiness and Rural Development |
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The Role of ICT Regulations in Agribusiness and Rural Development |
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The Role of ICT Regulations in Agribusiness and Rural Development |
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The Role of ICT Regulations in Agribusiness and Rural Development |
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The Role of ICT Regulations in Agribusiness and Rural Development |
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role of ict regulations in agribusiness and rural development |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/595981512639073166/The-role-of-ICT-regulations-in-agribusiness-and-rural-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29041 |
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