Publication

2006 Information and Communications for Development : Global Trends and Policies

World Bank

2006

Overview

The book offers a realistic assessment of experiences, trends, and outlook on the Information, Communications Technology (ICT) sector, with a focus on actual results and justified expectations. It attempts to track and analyze global ICT development trends, and to provide empirical evidence of the benefits that ICT is providing in terms of economic growth and poverty reduction. Indicators for the Millennium development Goals (MDG) targets, among others, have been incorporated into the ICT At-a-Glance tables compiled for this report. It contributes to the creation of a basis for more systematic monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the progress and impact of ICT, and provides as well as useful insights on ICT for development in general. Besides consolidating all these M&E efforts and sharing of the findings with the development community, the report also includes analytical work that applies these data to a range of topics: investment trends, principles and practical solutions to extending ICT services, the role of ICT in doing business, trends in national e-strategies, and approaches to tracking ICT globally. Part I of the report assesses topics essential to developing ICT. It contains chapters on investment (chapter 2), access (chapter 3), diffusion and use (chapter 4), country policies and strategies (chapter 5), and targets, monitoring, and evaluation (chapter 6). Each chapter provides a theoretical and qualitative framework supported by quantitative evidence. Where limited data impede comprehensive economic analysis, a case study approach is used. Part II presents the new Bank ICT At-a-Glance tables for 144 economies, which show the most recent national data on key indicators of ICT development, including access, quality, affordability, efficiency, sustainability, and applications.

• Publisher: Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: ACCESS POINTS / ACCESS TO TELEPHONES / ADA / ATM / B2B / BALANCE OF PAYMENTS / BASIC / BENCHMARKING / BROADBAND / BROADBAND NETWORKS / BUSINESS MODELS / BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES / CITIES / COMMUNICATION SECTOR / COMMUNICATION SERVICES / COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES / COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY / COMPETITIVE BIDDING / COMPETITIVE MARKETS / COMPETITIVENESS / COMPUTER USE / CONNECTIVITY / COPYING / COPYRIGHT / DATA SOURCES / DECISION MAKING / DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT / DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE / DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS / DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS / DISTANCE LEARNING / DOI / DSL / E-BUSINESS / E-COMMERCE / E-GOVERNMENT / E-GOVERNMENT APPLICATIONS / E-GOVERNMENT INDEX / E-GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES / E-MAIL / E-MAIL USE / E-STRATEGY / EDI / ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE / ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT / FACTORS OF PRODUCTION / FREE TRADE / FREEDOM OF INFORMATION / G2C / G2G / GATEWAYS / GDP / GICT / HEALTH SERVICES / IC4D / ICT / INCOME / INFORMATION SERVICES / INFORMATION SOCIETY / INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY / INNOVATIONS / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / INTERNATIONAL TRADE / INTERNET ACCESS / INTERNET SERVERS / INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER / INTERNET USE / INTEROPERABILITY / ISP / KNOW-HOW / LICENSING / LITERACY / MERGERS / MOBILE PHONE / MOBILE SERVICE / MOBILE TELEPHONES / MOBILE TELEPHONY / MONOPOLY / NATIONAL INCOME / NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE / NETWORKING / NEW TECHNOLOGIES / ONLINE PUBLIC SERVICES / OPEN MARKETS / POLICY FRAMEWORK / POST OFFICES / POSTAL UNION / PRODUCTIVITY / PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH / PROGRAMS / PROPERTY RIGHTS / PTO / RADIO / REAL GDP / REGULATORY FRAMEWORK / SERVICE DELIVERY / SERVICE PROVIDERS / SERVICE PROVISION / SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT / TAXATION / TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE / TELECOMMUNICATION / TELECOMMUNICATIONS / TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE / TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETS / TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS / TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS / TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECTS / TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMS / TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR / TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES / TELEPHONE ACCESS / TELEPHONE LINES / TELEPHONE SERVICE / TELEPHONE SERVICES / TELEPHONES / TELEPHONY / TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY / TRANSPARENCY / TRANSPARENT PROCESSES / UNIVERSAL SERVICE / VALUE ADDED / WEALTH / WEB SITES / WIRELESS / WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION / WORLD WIDE WEB / WTO
• ISBN: 0821363468, 9780821363461