We examine the broadband digital divide by analyzing the impact of policy and regulation on broadband Internet diffusion. Our multiple regression analysis shows that factors that determine broadband diffusion in technologically developed countries do not necessarily have the same impact in less...

We examine the broadband digital divide by analyzing the impact of policy and regulation on broadband Internet diffusion. Our multiple regression analysis shows that factors that determine broadband diffusion in technologically developed countries do not necessarily have the same impact in less...

The 2012 edition of the World Bank’s Information and Communications for Development report urges countries to increase mobile broadband diffusion in order to improve the state of agriculture, health, financial services, employment and government in the developing world (World Bank, 2012). The...