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4.5 Regional Communications Infrastructure Program in East
and Southern Africa 182
4.6 Reform of the USF in the United States 186
4.7 Reform of the RCDF in Uganda 186
5.1 Connecting the Maldives to the International
Submarine Cable Network 211
5.2 CDMA 450 MHz for High-Speed Rural Internet Access 232
5.3 Three 3G Technologies in China 235
6.1 Sri Lanka’s Approach to Computer Literacy 253
6.2 Measuring Digital Literacy in Australia 256
6.3 Stimulation of Local Applications Development for
SMEs in the Netherlands 259
6.4 Device Price Trends 262
6.5 Promoting Digital Literacy through Primary and
Secondary Schools 264
6.6 Trends in Low-Cost Devices 266
6.7 Colombia’s 2010 Plan Vive Digital 276
7.1 The Eight Millennium Development Goals 297
7.2 The 10 WSIS Targets 298
7.3 The Third Man: Encouraging Disruption in Broadband
Markets 303
7.4 Impact of Improved Access to International Connectivity:
The Case of Moldova 307
7.5 eLAC2015 Universal Broadband Access Goals 309
Figures
1.1 Effect of Various Information and Communication
Technologies on GDP Growth in High- and Low-Income
Economies, 2000–06 6
1.2 Estimated Minimum and Maximum Impact on GDP of a
10 Percent Increase in Broadband Penetration 7
1.3 Global Fixed and Mobile Broadband Subscriptions
per 100 Inhabitants, 2000–10 20
1.4 Average Broadband Speed in Top 10 Countries 22
1.5 Broadband Ecosystem and Its Impact on the Economy 25
1.6 Examples of the Elements of Absorptive Capacity 28
2.1 Reasons Given for Not Adopting the Internet in Brazil and
Broadband in the United States 41
2.2 Framework for Government Intervention to Facilitate
Broadband Development 51
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