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

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dc.contributor.authorClarke, George R.G.
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-21T19:08:24Z
dc.date.available2014-08-21T19:08:24Z
dc.date.issued2001-07
dc.description.abstractMany 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 of information technology, and the Internet was less widespread - would be left behind as productivity, and growth accelerated in technologically advanced countries, and stagnated elsewhere. Using enterprise-level data from twelve transition economies, the author looks at factors that affect whether enterprises in these countries are connected to the Internet. He finds that foreign-owned enterprises are more likely to have Internet access than other enterprises. And that employee-owned enterprises are less likely to have access. Even after controlling for other factors that might affect Internet connectivity, the quality of a country's telecommunications infrastructure appears to have a significant effect on the likelihood that an enterprise in that country has Internet access. Reducing corruption, and taking other steps to improve the business environment, would benefit domestic economies, even if Internet access had little short-term impact on productivity, or growth.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/07/1551960/bridging-digital-divide-enterprise-ownership-foreign-competition-affect-internet-access-eastern-europe-central-asia
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2629
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19585
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2629
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectBANKING SYSTEMS
dc.subjectCAPITAL GOODS
dc.subjectCAPITAL MARKETS
dc.subjectCOMPUTER HARDWARE
dc.subjectDEMONSTRATION EFFECTS
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDIFFUSION OF TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectDIGITAL DIVIDE
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectENGINEERS
dc.subjectENTERPRISE OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFIXED COSTS
dc.subjectFOREIGN ENTRY
dc.subjectFOREIGN INVESTMENT
dc.subjectGNP
dc.subjectGROWTH
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectINTERNET ACCESS
dc.subjectINTERNET CONNECTIVITY
dc.subjectINTERNET SERVICES
dc.subjectINTERNET USE
dc.subjectLABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectLICENSING
dc.subjectLOCAL ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectMARGINAL COSTS
dc.subjectMARKET COMPETITION
dc.subjectMONOPOLIES
dc.subjectNEW TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subjectNEW TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectOIL
dc.subjectOIL SECTOR
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectPRODUCTION PROCESSES
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectRETAINED EARNINGS
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS
dc.subjectTELEPHONE SERVICES
dc.subjectTRANSITION ECONOMIES
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.titleBridging the Digital Divide : How Enterprise Ownership and Foreign Competition Affect Internet Access in Eastern Europe and Central Asiaen
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okr.crossref.titleBridging the Digital Divide: How Enterprise Ownership and Foreign Competition Affect Internet Access in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
okr.date.disclosure2001-07-31
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:35:18.515646Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/07/1551960/bridging-digital-divide-enterprise-ownership-foreign-competition-affect-internet-access-eastern-europe-central-asia
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeEducation
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2629
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000094946_0107280423210
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum1551960
okr.identifier.reportWPS2629
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeEurope and Central Asia
okr.region.geographicalCentral Asia
okr.region.geographicalEurope and Central Asia
okr.region.geographicalEastern Europe
okr.themeFinancial and private sector development :: Regulation and competition policy
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicBanks and Banking Reform
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Knowledge Economy
okr.topicEducation::Education for the Knowledge Economy
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicGeneral Technology
okr.unitRegulation and Competition Policy, Development Research Group
okr.volume1
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