Digital dividends / / World Bank Group

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC : , : World Bank Group, , [2016]; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (359 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.90090512
• Soggetto topico: Information technology; Technological innovations; Industrial productivity - Technological innovations; Digital divide; Digital communications; Internet; Economic development
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview: Strengthening the analog foundation of the digital revolution; Digital transformations-digital divides; How the internet promotes development; The dividends: Growth, jobs, and service delivery; The risks: Concentration, inequality, and control; Making the internet universal, affordable, open, and safe; Analog complements for a digital economy; Global cooperation to solve global problems; Reaping digital dividends for everyone; Notes; References; Spotlight 1: How the internet promotes development; Part 1: Facts and analysis ; Chapter 1: Accelerating growthConnected businesses; More trade, higher productivity, and greater competition; Digital technologies can lead firms and countries to diverge; The nexus of technology and regulation; The future of markets; Notes; References; Sector focus 1: Agriculture; Spotlight 2: Digital finance; Chapter 2: Expanding opportunities; Connected people; Creating jobs, boosting labor productivity, and benefiting consumers; Labor market polarization can lead to greater inequality; The race between skills and technology; The future of jobs; Notes; References; Sector focus 2: Education ; Spotlight 3: Social mediaChapter 3: Delivering services; Connected governments; Greater state capability and citizen participation; Digital technologies too often fail to empower citizens; The gap between technology and institutions; The future of public services; Notes; References; Sector focus 3: e-health; Spotlight 4: Digital identity; Part 2: Policies; Chapter 4: Sectoral policies; Making the internet universal, affordable, open, and safe; Shaping the digital economy; Supply-side policies: Availability, accessibility, and affordability; Demand-side policies: Open and safe internet use ; Promoting the digital economyNotes; References; Sector focus 4: Smart cities; Spotlight 5: The data revolution; Chapter 5: National priorities; Analog foundations for a digital economy; The interdependence between technology and complements; Regulations: Helping businesses connect and compete; Skills: Making the internet work for everyone; Institutions: Connecting for a capable and accountable government; Digital safeguards; Notes; References; Sector focus 5: Energy; Chapter 6: Global cooperation; Internet governance; Toward a global digital market ; Leveraging information for sustainable developmentNotes; References; Sector focus 6: Environmental management; Spotlight 6: Six digital technologies to watch; Boxes; 0.1 Frequently asked questions: The Report at a glance; 0.2 e-commerce with Chinese characteristics: Inclusion, efficiency, and innovation in Taobao villages; 0.3 Bridging the disability divide through digital technologies; 0.4 Digital dividends and the bottom billion; 0.5 What Facebook ""Likes"" reveal-the convenience-privacy trade-off; 0.6 Nailing Jell-O to the wall-restrictions on the flow of information ; 0.7 Is the internet a public good?
• Titolo autorizzato: Digital dividends
• ISBN: 1-4648-0672-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798193103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World development report ; ; 2016.