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infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean. To measure the impact of the economic and social aspects of this type of … infrastructure, the analysis differentiates according to the geographic context (urban and rural), gender, and educational level, and … details the effects and channels that link the deployment of last-mile infrastructure with socioeconomic benefits. The results …
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In this modern digital world, goods from the information and communications technology (ICT) sector are the engine of the global economy. While tariffs levied on ICT goods have been eliminated or significantly reduced since the conclusion in December 1996 of the Information Technology Agreement...
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This paper analyses how regulatory convergence in different categories of technical barriers to trade (TBTs) imposed on imports of goods in information and communications technology (ICT) globally affected the values, volumes, and unit values of imported goods during the period 1996-2019....
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We test for the role of state aid as a driver of digital competitiveness at the industry level, focusing on the digital factor content of trade. Results show that state aid may increase digital competitiveness, particularly in R&D-intensive industries and in relation to the export of (digital)...
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The question of the spatial impacts of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has animated the intellectual and policy debate for a long time. At the beginning of the 1990s the rise of the Internet brought a new surge of debate: it was argued that the Internet would free the economy...
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carbon taxes can fund social assistance and infrastructure investment, while reducing tax evasion and informality. To …
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expenditures in education, health, and infrastructure on economic growth, poverty, and income distribution in the past 20 years …
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