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B3.8.1 178 Autocratic governments have promoted
e-government while censoring the
internet
3.16 179 Digital technology projects funded by
the World Bank are more successful
in countries with higher-quality
institutions
3.17 180 Classifying public services and
activities as to their amenability
to improvement through digital
technology
F3.1 191 Sequencing of e-health development in
Montenegro
S4.1 195 Different types of digital ID schemes
across countries
B4.1.1 201 Global ICT access
B4.1.2 202 Network buildout (subscriptions per
100 population) in OECD and low- and
middle-income countries, 1990–2014
B4.3.1 207 Somalia’s rising mobile economy
B4.4.1 209 Broadband in the Republic of Korea and
other selected economies
B4.5.1 213 The effect of history on internet prices,
Pacific
B4.6.1 216 How greater spectrum availability led to
lower prices in Latin America, 2003–09
4.1 217 Prices are falling for computer
processing, storage, bandwidth, and
smartphones
4.2 218 If you want to make a mobile phone
call, go to Sri Lanka
B4.10.1 231 How Israel stays ahead in high-tech
entrepreneurship
F4.1 241 Smart cities: From data to intelligence
S5.1 245 World’s capacity to store information
S5.2 245 Growth in telecommunications
capacity
S5.3 246 Readiness, implementation, and impact
of open data
5.1 249 Risks from digital technologies in the
absence of complements
5.2 251 Some services and sectors are more
amenable to digital technology than
others
5.3 253 The quality of complements and
technology rises with incomes
5.4 254 Regulations that encourage competition
also facilitate higher adoption of digital
technologies
5.5 255 Digital products are taxed as luxury
goods in some countries
5.6 256 Infrastructure complements
5.7 259 The types of skills needed in a modern
economy
5.8 260 Education that upgrades skills also
facilitates higher adoption of digital
technologies
5.9 266 Even in advanced countries, youth are
often unable to think critically and
solve problems
5.10 273 Countries with more accountable
governments also adopt more digital
technologies
5.11 280 Digital safeguards in the WDR’s
framework
B6.1.1 294 Stakeholders in internet governance
6.1 294 Concerns that have fueled the debate on
how the internet is governed
6.2 297 The multistakeholder model of internet
governance enjoys greater support than
other options
B6.2.1 298 Perceived barriers to buying over the
internet in 2009
B6.2.2 298 Obstacles for enterprises not selling
online in 2013
6.3 299 Perception of U.S. firms on barriers to
data flows as obstacles to trade, 2012
6.4 300 A majority of respondents agree
that their online data and personal
information should be physically stored
on a secure server in their own country
6.5 301 Changes in GDP, investment, and
exports due to regulatory restrictions
on data flows
6.6 305 The evolution of development aid by
information needs, 1973–2010
6.7 306 Proportion of international financial
institution projects with successful
outcomes
6.8 306 High-quality M&E improves project
outcomes
S6.1 327 Gartner “hype” cycle applied to selected
digital technologies
Maps
O.1 7 The internet is more evenly spread than
income
1.1 53 Many more firms are using the internet
in Vietnam
1.2 61 China’s export destinations differ for
firms using online platforms, 2006 and
2014
1.3 76 International online payment systems
for businesses are unavailable in many
parts of Africa and Central Asia, 2012–14
2.1 102 Mobile phones are the main source of
connectivity in the developing world,
but large gaps in internet access remain