The public and private sectors each play a role driving development of a “green” digital sector. This guide provides inspiration for practitioners on ways to promote greener telecommunications (telecom)...
This guide offers recommendations for enhancing the resilience of telecommunications infrastructure, aiming to assist practitioners in designing, preparing, and implementing resilient projects, and to...
While there is some regulation in place, Israel’s restrictions and the dependency of Palestine on the Israel Central bank and regulation pose a huge barrier to mobile banking. The mobile money sector is...
The Ethiopian government, through Ethio telecom, often imposes nationwide, politically motivated internet filtering. Under a 2012 law regulating the telecommunication industry, attempts by journalists...
Yemen’s economy has been negatively transformed over nearly a decade by the ongoing violent conflict, damaging its digital and telecom sector which is in dire need of an overhaul to pave a path for improving...
This note explores how Ghana has become a regional leader for cybersecurity, focusing on the key milestones and decisions made by Ghana’s government, the results delivered to Ghana’s economy and society...
The Republic of South Africa(RSA) – IFC Technical Assistance Trust Fund South Africa was established in 2003, representing the first dedicated South Africa - IFC trust fund to support technical assistance...
The Regulatory Watch Initiative (RWI) is designed as a supplementary tool to aid national administrations in contemplating, analyzing, and drafting policies, laws, and regulations. It can also provide...
World Bank and CEPA. 2023. ‘Allocating universal service subsidies using electronic multi-round reverse auctions: Telecommunications in Tanzania’ This report, commissioned by the World Bank using funds...
Accelerating digital transformation can enable faster economic growth for Uganda. The digital sector represents one of the fastest growing sectors in Uganda, with positive spillover effects on other sectors...
This paper provides a compressive synthesis of the most recent and widely cited literature on the economic effects of information and communications technology adoption at the country, firm, and individual...
The development objective of the Second Fiscal Management, Energy, and Telecom Reform Supplemental Development Policy Financing (DPF) for Gambia is to: (i) improve debt and public investment management;...
Available, affordable, and accessible digital connectivity can help deliver essential services, such as education and health care, and lead to an increase in economic growth. High levels of digital inclusion...
Efficient spectrum management policies are critical to improve coverage and quality of mobile services and to facilitate technology evolution. Given that International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) spectrum...
Myanmar has experienced a series of total and partial internet shutdowns since the military coup in February 2021. These restrictions have varied in intensity across the country and over time, ranging...
Ratings for the Central African Backbone Series of Projects (SOP5) Project for Eastern Africa were as follows: outcome and Bank performance was moderately unsatisfactory and monitoring and evaluation quality...