Impact of Broadband on the Economy
Table of Contents
Preface
Foreword
1 Introduction
2 Economic Impact of Broadband: A Review of the Literature
2.1 Contribution to economic growth
2.2 Impact on productivity
2.3 Impact on job creation
2.3.1 Broadband construction effects and their counter-cyclical importance
2.3.2 Broadband positive externalities on job creation
2.4 Creation of consumer surplus
2.5 Impact on firm efficiency
2.6 Conclusion
3 Economic Impact of Broadband in Developed Countries: Case Studies
3.1 United States: employment creation as a result of the economic stimulus programme
3.2 Germany: The impact of the national broadband plan on employment and economic growth
4 Economic Impact in Developing Countries: Case Studies
4.1 Latin America: Contribution to regional economic growth
4.1.1 Multivariate Regression Analysis:
4.1.2 Case studies
4.2 Assessment of Broadband Economic Impact in Arab States
4.2.1 Multivariate Regression Analysis:
4.2.2 General Impact Model
4.2.3 Case Studies
4.3 Asia Pacific
4.3.1 India: the impact of broadband on employment and economic growth
4.3.2 Malaysia: The contribution of broadband to economic growth
4.3.3 China: The relation between broadband and economic growth
4.3.4 Indonesia: The contribution of broadband to employment growth
5 Analysis of Case Study Results
6 Estimation of Broadband Gaps and Investment Requirement
6.1 Methodology
6.2 The National Broadband Plan in Germany
6.3 The National Broadband Plan in Brazil
6.4 Conclusion
7 The Role of Public Policy and Regulation in Boosting the Development of Broadband
7.1 National broadband planning as a tool
7.1.1 Creating awareness at the highest national level
7.1.2 Coordinating policies from different private and government entities
7.1.3 Developing state policies that go beyond electoral cycles
7.1.4 Building ownership and accountability of the executive branch
7.2 Competition policies to stimulate infrastructure investment
7.3 Role of government intervention in promoting broadband deployment
7.4 Stimulating innovation in applications and services
7.5 Stimulating broadband demand
7.5.1. Inhibitors of broadband adoption: the broadband demand gap
7.5.2 Relevant policies aimed at addressing the broadband demand gap
7.6 Addressing taxation as a barrier to broadband adoption
8 Conclusion
8.1 The nature of the evidence of broadband economic impact
8.2 The need to emphasize data gathering to refine impact measurement
8.2.1 Disaggregated data for ICT, broadband and economic indicators
8.2.2 Quarterly data
8.2.3 Range of broadband download speed
8.2.4 Data on wireless broadband Internet
8.2.5 Data measuring: the demand gap
8.2.6 Variables for income endogeneity
8.3 The policy kit for stimulating broadband deployment and adoption
Bibliography
Appendix A – Methodologies and Data Utilized in Measuring Broadband Economic Impact
A.1 Input/output analysis to measure multipliers of broadband deployment
A.1.1 Methodology
A.1.2 Data utilized for input/output analysis
A.1.3 Advantages and disadvantages of input/output analysis
A.2 Econometric analysis to measure externalities of broadband
A.2.1 Methodology
A.2.2 Data utilized for econometric analysis
A.2.3 Advantages and disadvantages of econometric analysis
A.3 Measuring consumer surplus of broadband
A.3.1 Data utilized in measuring the consumer surplus of broadband
A.3.2 Methodology
A.3.3 Advantages and disadvantages
Appendix B – Variables Utilized in Econometric Analyses
Appendix C – Dataset utilized for the Broadband Economic Impact Model in Latin America and the Caribbean
Appendix D – Dataset utilized for the Broadband Economic Impact Model in Arab States