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<br />Implementing a Unique Business Identifier in Government: Guidance Note for Practitioners and Nine Country Case Studies


Implementing a Unique Business Identifier in Government: Guidance Note for Practitioners and Nine Country Case Studies

In an increasingly online world, governments are realizing that previous silo approaches to implementing information technology (IT) systems have cre- ated barriers to the sharing of information among business regulators. As they undertake efforts to increase tax compliance, streamline business start-up, enhance data sharing, improve public service delivery, reduce administrative burdens, and monitor the health of financial systems, governments are imple- menting unique business identifiers (UBIs) as part of their larger approach to achieving these goals and realizing the related benefits. A UBI provides the foundational information related to legal entities, enabling government and business to uniquely identify legal entities…

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World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends
Strengthening competitiveness in Bangladesh-thematic assessment : a diagnostic trade integration study

Strengthening competitiveness in Bangladesh-thematic assessment : a diagnostic trade integration study

Bangladesh can be justly proud of its track record in reducing poverty and achieving progress on key human development indicators, such as child mortality, school enrollment, and female empowerment, to name a few. In mid-2015, reflecting a decade of robust growth, the World Bank reclassified Bangladesh from low income to lower-middle-income. Over the next decade, the most important development challenge for Bangladesh will be to provide more and better jobs to its workers, as more than 20 million people join the labor force. Achieving this goal will require Bangladesh to connect more deeply to the world market for garments and…

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World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends

World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends

We find ourselves in the midst of the greatest information and communications revolution in human history. More than 40 percent of the world’s population has access to the internet, with new users coming online every day. Among the poorest 20 percent of households, nearly 7 out of 10 have a mobile phone. The poorest households are more likely to have access to mobile phones than to toilets or clean water. We must take advantage of this rapid technological change to make the world more prosperous and inclusive. This Report finds that traditional development challenges are preventing the digital revolution from…

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East Africa One Network Area roaming initiative

East Africa One Network Area roaming initiative

In 2015, ITU launched the Let s roam the world initiative to follow up on previous work in the area of international mobile roaming, and it is my pleasure to present this ITU report on the East Africa One Network Area (ONA) Roaming Initiative. This report is a good example of a multi-country initiative for the creation of a harmonized enabling environment for the international mobile roaming market with the objective of having affordable access to roaming services for both voice and data. It shows that despite price reductions, and the emergence of a range of alternative technologies and calling…

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El ecosistema digital y la masificación de las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones en Paraguay

El ecosistema digital y la masificación de las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones en Paraguay

El presente estudio de la Uni n Internacional de Telecomunicaciones (UIT) ha sido preparado por el experto UIT Sr. Christian Lizcano, bajo la direcci n de la Oficina Regional de la UIT para Am ricas en coordinaci n con la Oficina de rea en Chile y la Divisi n del Entorno de Reglamentaci n y Mercado (RME/BDT). Antes de imprimir este informe, piense en el medio ambiente. Table of contents El ecosistema digital y la masificación de las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones en Paraguay Agradecimientos Prólogo Índice 1 Introducción 2 Metodología 3 La importancia de la masificación…

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Assignment and use of radio spectrum – policy guidelines and economic aspects

Assignment and use of radio spectrum – policy guidelines and economic aspects

It is my pleasure to present this ITU report on policy guidelines and economic aspects of assignment and use of radio spectrum prepared by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) in coordination with the Radiocommunication Bureau (BR). This report identifies guidelines on policy and economic aspects in relation to the assignment and use of the radio-frequency spectrum to allow national regulatory authorities, decision-makers and telecommunication/ICT service operators to make more efficient and optimal use of the spectrum. The objective of these guidelines is to extract the maximum benefit from the radio-frequency spectrum while maintaining the necessary balance with other key factors,…

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Maximising availability of international connectivity in developing countries: Strategies to ensure global digital inclusion

Maximising availability of international connectivity in developing countries: Strategies to ensure global digital inclusion

The United Nations General Assembly in its resolution entitled The Future We Want provided that the goal of sustainable development is to ensure the promotion of an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable future for the planet and for present and future generations. Sustainable development emphasizes a holistic, equitable and far-sighted approach in decision-making at all levels. It rests on integration and a balanced consideration of social, economic and environmental goals and objectives in both public and private decision-making. It emphasizes intra-generational and intergenerational equity .1 The achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)2 adopted in 2015 will rely heavily…

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Medición de la Independencia Formal de Autoridades Regulatorias en Telecomunicaciones utilizando una adaptación del Índice Gilardi

Medición de la Independencia Formal de Autoridades Regulatorias en Telecomunicaciones utilizando una adaptación del Índice Gilardi

Me complace presentarles el estudio sobre la Medici n de la Independencia Formal de Autoridades Regulatorias en Telecomunicaciones: utilizando una adaptaci n del ndice Gilardi . La elaboraci n de este documento es resultado de la estrecha colaboraci n entre la Oficina del Desarrollo de las Telecomunicaciones (BDT/UIT) y el Organismo Supervisor de Inversi n Privada en Telecomunicaciones (OSIPTEL), en el marco del Grupo de trabajo sobre Fortalecimiento Institucional del Foro de Reguladores Latinoamericanos (Regulatel). Los temas de la regulaci n y el fortalecimiento de las Agencias Reguladoras en las ltimas d cadas est n asociados, entre otros aspectos, a…

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Digital financial services: Regulating for financial inclusion

Digital financial services: Regulating for financial inclusion

Mobile financial services have become an important driver of financial inclusion in a growing number of countries. Where banks traditionally did not reach populations, the rapid growth of mobile networks and subscriptions has offered a distribution technology for mobile financial services. Between 2011 and 2014, 700 million adults worldwide became account holders and the number of adults with no account dropped by 20 per cent to 2 billion. The number of mobile money accounts reached 411 million globally in 2015, a third up from 2014. Mobile money is today available in 93 countries. Using mobile money transfers and payments is…

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