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Good Practices for Subsea Cables Policy: Investing in Digital Inclusion
Alexandria, VA: Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (2024), 19 pp.
"A thriving digital economy depends on all people being able to connect to the internet. Achieving global connectivity requires maintaining and growing the vast network of subsea cables that connect most around the world to the internet. This brief provides an introduction to the current policy and
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Telecommunication networks and infrastructure resilience assessment in Haiti
Geneva: ITU (2024), xii, 96 pp.
[.] the report examines three pivotal areas of assessment. First, there was an evaluation of the damage to Haiti’s networks and infrastructure after the 2021 earthquake, along with the restoration of telecommunication services. Second, the assessment focused on Haiti’s country-level resilience,
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Measuring Digital Development. Facts and Figures: Focus on Small Island Developing States
Deep Insights
Geneva: ITU (2024), v, 33 pp.
"In this special edition of ITU's Facts and Figures series, we explore the impressive progress and ongoing obstacles Small Island Developing States (SIDS) encounter amid the digital revolution. On the occasion of the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4), our goal
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Uneven Connections: A Partial History of the Mobile Phone in Papua New Guinea
Canberra: ANU Press (2024), xvi, 221 pp.
"Uneven Connections examines the ways in which liberalisation took hold in Papua New Guinea (PNG) when a unit of the Caribbean-based mobile network operator Digicel Group Ltd. seized the opportunity to compete with the state-sponsored incumbent. The book highlights how mobile phones entered the live
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The State of Broadband 2024: Leveraging AI for Universal Connectivity. Part One
Geneva: ITU; Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development (2024), iv, 57 pp.
"The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development welcomes stakeholders and partners to work on achieving universal and meaningful connectivity by 2030, to ensure not just connectivity, but also that those who are connected have the skills and knowledge to use it. Five considerations for the roa
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Collaborative digital regulation country review: South Africa’s digital transformation and collaborative regulation
Geneva: ITU (2024), vii, 43 pp.
"As South Africa adopts reforms to further strengthen its economy across multiple sectors, this country review presents the policy, legislative, and governance frameworks that are enabling South Africa’s digital transformation. It includes a review of key institutions and collaborative digital reg
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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Guatemala
USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2023), 112 pp.
"The Guatemala DECA report presents the findings and recommendations of the Guatemala DECA. It outlines the key aspects of Guatemala’s digital ecosystem and provides nine recommendations for creating a more inclusive, safe, and enabling environment. Guided by USAID/Guatemala priorities: i) partner
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No heavenly bodies: A history of satellite communications infrastructure
Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2023), 238 pp.
Privacy in Iraq: Case of Telecommunication Companies
Baghdad: Tech 4 Peace (2023), 26 pp.
The State of Broadband 2023: Digital Connectivity a Transformative Opportunity
Geneva: ITU; Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development (2023), vii, 47 pp.
"The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development welcomes stakeholders and partners to work on achieving universal and meaningful connectivity by 2030, to ensure not just connectivity, but also that those who are connected have the skills and knowledge to use it. Five considerations for the roa
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"The Mali Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) report presents the findings and recommendations of the Mali DECA. It outlines the key aspects of Mali’s digital ecosystem and provides 11 recommendations for creating a more inclusive, safe, and enabling environment. Guided by 3 USAID/Mali pri
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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Honduras
USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2023), 116 pp.
"The Honduras Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) report presents the findings and recommendations of the Honduras DECA. It outlines the key aspects of Honduras' digital ecosystem and provides 9 recommendations for creating a more inclusive, safe, and enabling environment. Guided by USAID/Ho
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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Tanzania
USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2023), 123 pp.
"The Tanzania DECA report presents the findings and recommendations of the Tanzania DECA. It outlines the key aspects of Tanzania’s digital ecosystem and provides 13 recommendations for creating a more inclusive, safe, and enabling environment. Guided by USAID/Tanzania priorities: i) foundational
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The Mobile Economy Sub-Saharan Africa 2023
Deep Insights
London: GSMA (2023), 46 pp.
"Mobile connectivity in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to drive digital transformation and socioeconomic advancements. This underlines the need for continued efforts to address the persisting barriers that impact mobile internet adoption in the region, particularly the affordability of devices, online
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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Bangladesh
USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2023), 116 pp.
"The Bangladesh Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) report presents the findings and recommendations of the Bangladesh DECA. It outlines the key aspects of Bangladesh's digital ecosystem and provides 10 recommendations for creating a more inclusive, safe, and enabling environment. Guided by
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An Overview of Emergency Communication Networks
Remote Sensing, volume 15, issue 1595 (2023), 36 pp.
"In recent years, major natural disasters and public safety accidents have frequently occurred worldwide. In order to deal with various disasters and accidents using rapidly deployable, reliable, efficient, and stable emergency communication networks, all countries in the world are strengthening and
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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): El Salvador
USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2023), 90 pp.
"The El Salvador Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) report presents the findings and recommendations of the El Salvador DECA. It outlines the key aspects of El Salvador’s digital ecosystem and provides 10 recommendations for creating a more inclusive, safe, and enabling environment. Guide
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The Mobile Economy Pacific Islands 2023
London: GSMA (2023), 44 pp.
"Mobile technologies underpin digital transformation in the Pacific Islands as authorities take steps to help economies recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and manage threats from climate change and natural disasters. Mobile is the first (in most cases only) form of internet connectivity for many con
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Africa, China, and the Development of Digital Infrastructure Governance: A Case Study of Ghana and Tanzania
Vienna: Central European University, School of Public Policy, Master Thesis (2022), v, 35 pp.
"This thesis uses a comparative case study to examine Tanzania and Ghana, two countries where China has contributed or sold large amounts of infrastructure, but who have seen different political reactions to and uses of this infrastructure. It poses the question: how do we explain the differing path
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