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dc.titleThe Impact of Digital Infrastructure on the Sustainable Development Goals: A Study for Selected Latin American and Caribbean Countries
dc.contributor.authorGarcía Zaballos, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorIglesias Rodriguez, Enrique
dc.contributor.authorAdamowicz, Alejandro
dc.contributor.orgunitConnectivity, Markets and Finance Division
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2019-05-06T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2019-05-02T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis publication identifies the role of digital infrastructure in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)--including education, employment, agricultural sustainability, food security, and spatial inequality--in 12 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. It identifies a gap between the outcomes achieved for each SDG in the countries studied and those achieved in OECD countries. Moreover, the region still has a long way to go to achieve the SDG targets set in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The authors explain how investment in digital infrastructure can help close the gaps between the region and these two benchmarks (OECD countries and SDG targets). They also quantify the investment in telecom in the region between 2008 and 2017 and estimate what amount is still needed to help close these gaps.
dc.format.extent109
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001685
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/The_Impact_of_Digital_Infrastructure_on_the_Sustainable_Development_Goals_A_Study_for_Selected_Latin_American_and_Caribbean_Countries_en_en.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/El_impacto_de_la_infraestructura_digital_en_los_Objetivos_de_Desarrollo_Sostenible_un_estudio_para_países_de_América_Latina_y_el_Caribe_es_es.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectDigital Infrastructure
dc.subjectDigital Transformation
dc.subjectBroadband Policy
dc.subjectBroadband Service
dc.subjectSustainable Development
dc.subjectService Network
dc.subjectTelecommunication
dc.subject.jelcodeH54 - Infrastructures • Other Public Investment and Capital Stock
dc.subject.jelcodeO10 - Economic Development: General
dc.subject.jelcodeL86 - Information and Internet Services • Computer Software
dc.subject.jelcodeL98 - Government Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeL51 - Economics of Regulation
dc.subject.jelcodeL43 - Legal Monopolies and Regulation or Deregulation
dc.typeMonographs
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-MG-00701
idb.operationRG-T2784
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