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Jobs' amenability to working from home : evidence from skills surveys for 53 countries
Hatayama, Maho; Viollaz, Mariana; Winkler, Hernan - 2020
development to estimate jobs' amenability to working from home. The paper considers jobs' characteristics and uses internet access … more intensive in physical/manual tasks, using less information and communications technology, and having poorer internet …
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Electronics in South Asia
Narain, Ashish - 2016
The electronics sector has played an important role in the development trajectories of several newly industrialized economies. South Asia's lack of competitiveness reflects inadequate provision of public goods (e.g. industrial zones next to world class ports and urban centers) rather than high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644814
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Internet of Things : The New Government-to-Business Platform
World Bank Group - 2017
The buzz around Internet of Things (IoT) has gathered momentum but the IoT phenomenon is poorly understood by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645049
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Nigeria Digital Economy Diagnostic Report
World Bank Group - 2019
As the biggest economy in Africa with one of the largest youth populations in the world, Nigeria is well-positioned to develop a strong digital economy. This would have a transformational impact on the country. In order to reap the benefits, Nigeria needs to focus on accelerating improvements in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646667
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Ghana Digital Economy Diagnostic
World Bank Group - 2019
Universal adoption and effective application of digital technologies are expected to characterize economies of the future, shaping their ability to succeed in the global marketplace and offer a better quality of life for their citizens. Disruptive technologies are already altering traditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647462
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The welfare effects of mobile broadband internet : evidence from Nigeria
Bahia, Kalvin; Castells, Pau; Cruz, Genaro; Masaki, Takaaki - 2020
This paper estimates the impacts of mobile broadband coverage on household consumption and poverty in Nigeria, the largest economy and mobile broadband market in Africa. The analysis exploits a unique dataset that integrates three waves of a nationally representative longitudinal household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240752
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Winners and losers from COVID-19 : global evidence from Google search
Abay, Kibrom A.; Tafere, Kibrom; Woldemichael, Andinet - 2020
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across the world, researchers are attempting to quantify the economic fallout from the pandemic as it continues to unfold. Estimating the economic impacts of a prevailing pandemic is fraught with uncertainties about the epidemiology of the disease and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241326
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Development as freedom in a digital age : experiences of the rural poor in Bolivia
Gigler, Björn-Sören - 2015
Under what conditions can new technologies enhance the well-being of poor communities? The study designs an alternative evaluation framework (AEF) that applies Amartya Sen's capability approach to the study of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in order to place people's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245128
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Reaping digital dividends : leveraging the Internet for development in Europe and Central Asia
Kelly, Tim; Winkler, Hernan; Liaplina, Aleksandra; Tan, … - 2017 - Online-Ausg.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245379
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Disaggregating the Impact of the Internet on International Trade
Osnago, Alberto - 2016
The Internet has transformed the way countries trade by reducing the costs of exporting. This paper quantifies the … impact of Internet adoption on international trade. It shows that the Internet has a positive, nuanced, impact on … international trade: bilateral exports are more affected when Internet adoption increases in the exporter than importer. A 10 …
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