The new series Digital Progress and Trends Report adopts a holistic framework of digitalization, with selective topics examined in depth in each edition. The framework, which is described in figure ES.1...
This book examines the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in global value chains (GVCs). To stimulate economic transformation through GVCs, policy makers in developing countries need to better understand...
This book examines the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in global value chains (GVCs). To stimulate economic transformation through GVCs, policy makers in developing countries need to better understand...
This book examines the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in global value chains (GVCs). To stimulate economic transformation through GVCs, policy makers in developing countries need to better understand...
Recent research on productivity spillovers from affiliates of multinational corporations in developing and emerging economies finds that backward linkages from affiliates of foreign-owned firms to local...
This note provides an up-to-date summary of the academic evidence around the drivers and channels for technology transfer and productivity spillovers by multinational corporations (MNC) operating in host...
This paper uses firm-level data to assess whether telecommunication services are general-purpose technologies (technologies that benefit a large segment of the economy and have long-lasting effect). It...
Mobile health (mHealth) the use of mobile technology applications for healthcare is a young and dynamic field that could improve the well-being of people around the world. Mobile applications can lower...
Since the late 1990s access to information and communication technologies has seen tremendous growth, driven primarily by the wireless technologies and liberalization of telecommunications markets. Mobile...
The information and communication technology (ICT) is transforming interactions between people, governments, and firms worldwide. In developing countries, farmers receive updated crop prices and public...
The world economy has entered a major downturn caused by the biggest financial crisis since the 1930s. Financial crises tend to hit investment in infrastructure particularly hard. As the global recession...
This brief focuses on promoting the development of information and communication technologies (ICT) can increase the likelihood and reduce the costs of meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...
This report presents a comprehensive overview of the information, communication, and technological sector in China, and the role it has played during economic and social transformation in the past decade...
This report presents a comprehensive overview of the information, communication, and technological sector in China, and the role it has played during economic and social transformation in the past decade...
This report presents a comprehensive overview of the information, communication, and technological sector in China, and the role it has played during economic and social transformation in the past decade...
This report presents a comprehensive overview of the information, communication, and technological sector in China, and the role it has played during economic and social transformation in the past decade...
The book offers a realistic assessment of experiences, trends, and outlook on the Information, Communications Technology (ICT) sector, with a focus on actual results and justified expectations. It attempts...
The book offers a realistic assessment of experiences, trends, and outlook on the Information, Communications Technology (ICT) sector, with a focus on actual results and justified expectations. It attempts...
To fully benefit from the utilization of information and communication technologies (ICTs), developing countries will require private and public financing to develop the information and communications...