Broadband Policies for Latin America and the Caribbean A Digital Economy Toolkit

Broadband Policies for Latin America and the Caribbean A Digital Economy Toolkit
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2016-06-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9264251820

This joint initiative by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the OECD seeks to encourage the expansion of broadband networks and services in the region, supporting a coherent and cross-sectorial approach, to maximise their benefits for economic and social development.

Broadband Policies for Latin America and the Caribbean

Broadband Policies for Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: OECD
Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Broadband communication systems
ISBN: 9789264251816

This joint initiative by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the OECD seeks to encourage the expansion of broadband networks and services in the region, supporting a coherent and cross-sectorial approach, to maximise their benefits for economic and social development. Drawing on a wealth of experience from LAC and OECD countries, the Toolkit outlines the main policy objectives in this area and provides guidance for their measurement, an overview of developments in the region, and a compilation of good practices in several areas related to broadband policy making. This comprehensive volume encompasses a wealth of areas including digital strategies, regulatory frameworks, spectrum management, competition and infrastructure bottlenecks, broadband access, affordability, sector taxation, inclusion, convergence, regional integration, education, skills, business uptake, entrepreneurship, local content, e-health, digital government, consumer policy, and digital security and privacy.

Broadband Policies for Latin America and the Caribbean

Broadband Policies for Latin America and the Caribbean
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2016
Genre:
ISBN: 9789264085701

This joint initiative by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the OECD seeks to encourage the expansion of broadband networks and services in the region, supporting a coherent and cross-sectorial approach, to maximise their benefits for economic and social development. Drawing on a wealth of experience from LAC and OECD countries, the Toolkit outlines the main policy objectives in this area and provides guidance for their measurement, an overview of developments in the region, and a compilation of good practices in several areas related to broadband policy making. This comprehensive volume encompasses a wealth of areas including digital strategies, regulatory frameworks, spectrum management, competition and infrastructure bottlenecks, broadband access, affordability, sector taxation, inclusion, convergence, regional integration, education, skills, business uptake, entrepreneurship, local content, e-health, digital government, consumer policy, and digital security and privacy.

Internet and Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

Internet and Society in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher: IDRC
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2004
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1552500179

This book presents pioneering research that is designed to show, from a qualitative and ethnographic perspective, how new information and communication technologies, as applied to the school system and to local governance initiatives, merely reproduce traditional pedagogical approaches and the dominant forms by which power is exercised at the local level. The studies thus constitute points of departure for further thinking about the need to promote an Internet culture based on the social application of a OC right to communication and cultureOCO and an OC Internet right, OCO that will permit the establishment of true citizen participation and free access to knowledge, with due regard to personal and individual rights such as those of privacy and intimacy."

Broadband in Latin America

Broadband in Latin America
Author: Valeria Jordán
Publisher: UN
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2013
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Foreword -- The shifting digital paradigm in Latin America -- The demand gap: drivers and public policies -- Regional and international connectivity -- Broadband, digitization and development -- Mobile broadband: the urgent need for speedier roll-out -- Cloud computing, structural change and job creation in SMEs -- National broadband plans -- Broadband and industrial policy: the Korean experience -- Net neutrality: debate and policies -- The advance of cloud computing -- The challenge of over-the-top content and services

The Provision of Satellite Broadband Services in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Provision of Satellite Broadband Services in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Wolfgang Wagner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2016
Genre: Artificial satellites in telecommunication
ISBN:

Access to information communications technologies (ICTs), in particular broadband, is critical for sustainable development. Increased access to broadband isolated communities in developing countries can facilitate obtainability of education, healthcare, and commercial services. To provide universal access to broadband it is necessary to look beyond traditional terrestrial infrastructure. This study shows that satellite broadband can play a crucial role in connecting rural and low population density regions, where terrestrial broadband is not cost effective, focusing on scenarios in which satellite broadband is the best alternative for the provision of broadband connectivity. This study covers aspects of policy, regulation, technology, planning, financing, implementation, and operation in the Latin American and Caribbean region.

Information Societies in Latin America and the Caribbean

Information Societies in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Wilson Peres
Publisher: UN
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2010
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

"This book analyses the development of information societies in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, and provides input for public policy on information and communications technologies (ICT) issues."--Provided by publisher.

Digital Poverty

Digital Poverty
Author: Hernan Galperin
Publisher: IDRC
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2007
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1552503429

Examines the problem of inedequate access to information and communication technology (ICT) and the need to develop appropriate pro-poor ICT policies. Shows how market reforms have failed to ensure that the benefits of the Information Society have spread across the region.