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Better Internet for All Filipinos: Reforms Promoting Competition and Increasing Investment for Broadband Infrastructure - A Policy Note

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-22T14:55:14Z
dc.date.available2024-01-22T14:55:14Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-22
dc.description.abstractEquitable access to broadband services is imperative to narrow the digital divide and for more people to benefit from digitalization. Compared to other ASEAN countries, the Philippines’ internet connectivity lags in affordability, speed, and access, creating an uneven landscape for digital participation. Limited internet access curbs digital potential for citizens and businesses, with peri-urban connectivity being critical to future growth. The country’s poor broadband infrastructure is rooted in outdated policy frameworks that stifle investment in rural areas and foster a market with weak competition, both of which hinder broadband expansion. Binding constraints underlying the Philippines’ poor broadband infrastructure are inter-related, requiring a comprehensive package of reforms to yield desired entry, investment, and sector performance outcomes. The open access in data transmission (OADT) bill is a promising, viable start, among several proposals in Congress. Policymakers can build on immediate reforms through the open access bill as an entry point to broader and medium- to longer-term digital connectivity agenda. The cost of inaction - loss of growth opportunity, people remaining unequipped for future jobs, and widening of the digital divide - is too high for the Philippines.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099011824231036851/P502027179f71d08418678193f2fabcdbec
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40924
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40924
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectBROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectINTERNET
dc.subjectDIGITALIZATION
dc.subjectOUTDATED LEGAL FRAMEWORKS
dc.subjectDIGITAL DIVIDE
dc.titleBetter Internet for All Filipinosen
dc.title.subtitleReforms Promoting Competition and Increasing Investment for Broadband Infrastructure - A Policy Noteen
dc.typePolicy Note
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleBetter Internet for All Filipinos: Reforms Promoting Competition and Increasing Investment for Broadband Infrastructure - A Policy Note
okr.date.disclosure2024-01-22
okr.date.lastmodified2024-01-19T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Note
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099011824231036851/P502027179f71d08418678193f2fabcdbec
okr.guid099011824231036851
okr.identifier.docmidP502027-79f71dc1-af09-4c84-8678-93f2fabcdbec
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40924
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34241446
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34241446
okr.identifier.report187091
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099011824231036851/pdf/P502027179f71d08418678193f2fabcdbec.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryPhilippines
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::ICT Legal and Regulatory Framework
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Digital Divide
okr.unitDigital Dev-EAP (IDD05)
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