Output Report on ITU-D Question 4/1 Economic aspects of national telecommunications/ICTsStudy period 2022-2025
Acknowledgements
Table of contents
Executive summary
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 – The role and impact on achieving the SDGs of new types and modes of investment in telecommunications/ICTs
     1.1 Value of investment in telecommunications/ICTs
     1.2 Blended investment
     1.3 Online Crowdfunding
     1.4 Startups
     1.5 World Bank programmes
     1.6 Country experience and case studies
Chapter 2 – Analysis of case studies on the economic contribution of digital telecommunication/ICT technologies and services to the national economy and country's GDP
     2.1 Global econometric studies on the impact of telecommunications/ICTs on national economy and country's gross domestic product (GDP)
     2.2 Regional econometric studies
     2.3 Country experience and case studies
Chapter 3 – The economic value of usage of personal data
     3.1 The economic value of personal data
     3.2 Evaluations on the economic value of the usage of personal data
     3.3 Towards effective data portability for competition in digital platform markets
     3.4 Country experiences and case studies
Chapter 4 – Other economic aspects/implications of national telecommunication/ICT
     4.1 Economic incentives and mechanisms for bridging the digital divide
     4.2 Analysis of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
     4.3 Economic aspects/implications of digital transformation
     4.4 Country experiences and case studies
Chapter 5 – Best-practice guidelines
     5.1 Guidelines on Chapter 1
     5.2 Guidelines on Chapter 2
     5.3 Guidelines on Chapter 3
     5.4 Guidelines on Chapter 4
Chapter 6 – Conclusion
Annex 1 – Question 4/1 and Question 5/1 joint deliverable and workshop on Challenges and opportunities of the use of Universal Service Funds for bridging the digital divide
Annex 2 – Question 4/1 and Question 6/1 joint workshop on Personal data usage: regulatory and economic aspects
Annex 3 – Proposed additional questions to ITU surveys on ICT regulation and tariff policies
Annex 4 – Materials from the Regional Economic Dialogues (REDs) related to the topics of this report
Annex 5 – BDT activities related to realization of the ITU-D global and regional projects, related to topics of this report