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A Demand-Side View of Mobile Internet Adoption in the Global South

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dc.contributor.authorChen, Rong
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-25T13:55:13Z
dc.date.available2021-03-25T13:55:13Z
dc.date.issued2021-03
dc.description.abstractMobile technologies show great potential to accelerate internet access and usage, especially in developing countries. A better understanding of key drivers and main constraints for mobile internet access is the first prerequisite for governments to design targeted policy solutions. This study exploits a household survey that collects information on information and communications technology access and usage at the household and individual levels in 22 countries in the Global South. The study finds that in addition to infrastructure investment, which has been the main focus of many developing countries, other demand-side factors are of critical importance. Across the developing world, females, the elderly, those who live in rural areas, and those who have a relatively low level of income or education are less likely to adopt mobile internet. Social network effects are found to have a significant positive impact on the usage of mobile internet. Those who have more close friends using an online social network are more likely to adopt mobile internet. Individuals whose five closest friends are using an online social network (such as Facebook or Twitter) are 63.1 percent more likely to adopt it than those without any close friends using such online social network sites/apps. Across regions, although the factors affecting the adoption of mobile internet remain largely the same, the magnitudes of their impacts vary. In Asia, gender differences are negatively associated with mobile internet. In Africa, the impact of education level is more salient than in the other two regions, implying an urgent need to improve digital literacy.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/492871616350929155/A-Demand-Side-View-of-Mobile-Internet-Adoption-in-the-Global-South
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9590
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/35302
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9590
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectINTERNET ACCESS
dc.subjectMOBILE BROADBAND
dc.subjectDIGITAL DIVIDE
dc.subjectDIGITAL GAP
dc.subjectDEVELOPING ECONOMIES
dc.subjectINTERNET DEMAND
dc.subjectWDR BACKGROUND PAPER
dc.titleA Demand-Side View of Mobile Internet Adoption in the Global Southen
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okr.crossref.titleA Demand-Side View of Mobile Internet Adoption in the Global South
okr.date.disclosure2021-03-22
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:55:14.483746Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/492871616350929155/A-Demand-Side-View-of-Mobile-Internet-Adoption-in-the-Global-South
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9590
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b0884055f4_3_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32931054
okr.identifier.reportWPS9590
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okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Digital Divide
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::ICT Economics
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Poverty Reduction & ICT
okr.unitWorld Development Report 2021 Team, Development Economics
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