Global - National Broadband Networks - Social and Economic Benefits

Synopsis

A list of more than a 100 global broadband cost/benefit studies was compiled by the ITU for the Report “Broadband a Platform for Progress”. That report was a contribution to the ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission for Digital Development of which Paul Budde was the lead author. For more info see: Global - BuddeComms International Broadband and Trans-sector Activities

This BuddeComm reports covers a selection of these studies.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Broadband Penetration and labour productivity growth
• 3. The Impact of Broadband on Growth and Productivity in the European Union
• 4. The impact of broadband in Eastern and South east Europe
• 5. HER Impact
• 6. Broadband – Thailand 2015
• 7. The Information and Communication Technology Sector in India: Performance, Growth and Challenges
• 8. India: The Impact of Broadband
• 9. The Role of Innovation, Investment and Infrastructure in Economic and Job Growth
• 10. Employment Impacts of National Broadband Policies
• 11. Net Neutrality: Impact on the Consumer and Economic Growth
• 12. National Broadband Initiative in Malaysia
• 13. The economic impact of digital exclusion in the United States
• 14. The impact of broadband on jobs and the German economy
• 15. The impact of mobile service in Nigeria
• 16. United States – The broadband bonus
• 17. The impact of taxation on the development of the mobile broadband sector
• 18. Digital Highways – The role of government in 21st century infrastructure
• 19. Mobile broadband for the masses
• 20. The economic impact of broadband
• 21. The UK’s digital road to recovery
• 22. The role of income distribution and broadband penetration in developing countries
• 23. The economic impact of broadband investment in the United States
• 24. Estimating broadband demand and its economic impact in Latin America
• 25. Broadband is indispensable for the mass market
• 26. Intelligent and sustainable growth: recommend actions for economic recovery in Belgium
• 27. Economic & Fiscal Impact of Introducing Broadband Networks and Services in Lebanon
• 28. Broadband increased GDP in China
• 29. Economic Development and Inclusion through Local Broadband Access Networks in Brazil, Dominican Rep., Guatamala, Peru
• 30. Broadband creates new jobs in Brazil
• 31. India: The impact of mobile phones
• 32. Broadband increased GDP in Japan
• 33. Broadband savings in Chile
• 34. The Increasingly Important Impact of Wireless Broadband Technology and Services on the US Economy
• 35. Rural Broadband – United States
• 36. Broadband increased GDP in India
• 37. The economic impact of a metropolitan broadband network for the city of Cape Town
• 38. Broadband Services; Economic and environmental benefits
• 39. Bringing broadband to unserved communities
• 40. Related reports