Broadband Networks in the Middle East and North Africa: Accelerating High-Speed Internet Access

by Carlo Maria Rossotto, Natalija Gelvanovska, Michel Rogy

Just as the steam engine was the driving force behind the Industrial Revolution, today, broadband Internet is seen as critical to the transition of knowledge-intensive economies across the world. As a general purpose technology, broadband Internet is considered a fundamental driver of economic growth and social development, releasing the innovative potential and energy of previously disenfranchised members of the population. Many of the countries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464801126
• ISBN13: 9781464801129
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.8" x 9.9"