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Bridging the Digital Divide : How Enterprise Ownership and Foreign Competition Affect Internet Access in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Many observers attributed the rapid productivity growth observed in the United States in the mid- to late 1990s, to the growing use of information, and the Internet. This in turn created concern that developing, and transition economies - where use...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Clarke, George R.G.
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	BANKING SYSTEMS CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL MARKETS COMPUTER HARDWARE DEMONSTRATION EFFECTS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIFFUSION OF TECHNOLOGY DIGITAL DIVIDE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT ENGINEERS ENTERPRISE OWNERSHIP EXPENDITURES FIXED COSTS FOREIGN ENTRY FOREIGN INVESTMENT GNP GROWTH IMPORTS INCOME INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNET ACCESS INTERNET CONNECTIVITY INTERNET SERVICES INTERNET USE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LICENSING LOCAL ENTERPRISES MARGINAL COSTS MARKET COMPETITION MONOPOLIES NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY OIL OIL SECTOR POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RETAINED EARNINGS TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS TELEPHONE SERVICES TRANSITION ECONOMIES URBANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/07/1551960/bridging-digital-divide-enterprise-ownership-foreign-competition-affect-internet-access-eastern-europe-central-asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19585

Bridging the Digital Divide : How Enterprise Ownership and Foreign Competition Affect Internet Access in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

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