Related resources

Regulatory databases

1. World Bank body of knowledge on infrastructure regulation
2. World Bank global indicators of regulatory governance
3. ITU ICT Regulatory Tracker
4. ITU ICT Eye

Publications

1. The impact of policies, regulation, and institutions on ICT sector performance
2. Global ICT Regulatory Outlook 2020
3. Regulatory challenges and opportunities in the new ICT ecosystem
4. The APP economy in Africa: economic benefits and regulatory directions
5. Governing Infrastructure Regulators in Fragile Environments
6. Switching on Smart Rwanda: Digital inclusion, collaboration and a G5 mindset
7. Digital identity in the ICT ecosystem: An overview
8. Powering the digital economy: Regulatory approaches to securing consumer privacy, trust and security
9. ITU-D Question 1/1 Strategies and policies for the deployment of broadband in developing countries
10. Results and Performance of the World Bank Group 2015
11. Assignment and use of radio spectrum – policy guidelines and economic aspects
12. Using regulatory impact analysis to improve decision making in the ICT sector
13. Enabling the Digital Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa : What Role for Policy Reforms?
14. The economic contribution of broadband, digitization and ICT regulation Econometric modelling for the Asia-Pacific region
15. The economic contribution of broadband, digitization and ICT regulation: Econometric modelling for the Americas
16. The economic contribution of broadband, digitization, and ICT regulation Econometric modelling for the Arab States region
17. World Bank Background Paper – Policy Choices Can Help Keep 4G and 5G Universal Broadband Affordable
18. Economic impact of COVID-19 on digital infrastructure Report of an Economic Experts Roundtable organized by ITU
19. 2015 Development Policy Financing Retrospective – Results and Sustainability
20. The economic contribution of broadband, digitization and ICT regulation: Econometric modelling for the ITU Europe region
21. Information and communications in the Chinese countryside : a study of three provinces
22. Telecommunications and information services for the poor: toward a strategy for universal access
23. Global ICT Regulatory Outlook 2018
24. Maximising availability of international connectivity in the Pacific
25. The economic contribution of broadband, digitization and ICT regulation
26. World Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law
27. Economic contribution of broadband, digitization and ICT regulation: Econometric modelling for the ITU Commonwealth of Independent States region
28. ITU-D Question 4/1 Economic policies and methods for determining the costs of services related to national telecommunication/ICT networks
29. Global ICT Regulatory Outlook Summary
30. Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant : Prospects for Commercial Agriculture in the Guinea Savannah Zone and Beyond
31. Information and Technology Solutions Annual Report 2017: Working Together on Digital Innovation
32. Trust Voice & Incentives: Learning from Local Success Stories in Service Delivery in the Middle East and North Africa
33. Opening the Black Box: Contextual Drivers of Social Accountability
34. Public Access to Information for Development: A Guide to the Effective Implementation of Right to Information Laws
35. Global ICT Regulatory Outlook 2017
36. The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2017
37. 
    Implementing a Unique Business Identifier in Government: Guidance Note for Practitioners and Nine Country Case Studies
38. Science, Technology, and Innovation in Uganda : Recommendations for Policy and Action
39. How broadband, digitization and ICT regulation impact the global economy. Global econometric modelling
40. The Last-mile Internet Connectivity Solutions Guide. Sustainable Connectivity Options for Unconnected Sites.
41. Financing universal access to digital technologies and services 2021
42. Setting the Scene for 5G: Opportunities & Challenges
43. A Glass Half Full: The Promise of Regional Trade in South Asia
44. Connecting humanity Assessing investment needs of connecting humanity to the Internet by 2030
45. Extending Reach and Increasing Impact
46. Toward New Sources of Competitiveness in Bangladesh: Key Insights of the Diagnostic Trade Integration Study
47. Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2016
48. Maximising availability of international connectivity in developing countries: Strategies to ensure global digital inclusion
49. Digital Regulation Handbook
50. Economic contribution of broadband, digitization and ICT regulation: Econometric modelling for Africa
51. Collaborative regulation case study Moldova
52. Building confidence in a data driven economy by assuring consumer redress
53. World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends
54. Quality of service regulation manual
55. Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2015
56. East Africa One Network Area roaming initiative
57. Engendering Information and Communication Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities for Gender-Equitable Development
58. Collaborative regulation case study Romania
59. 
    A Decade of Development in Sub-Saharan African: Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Research
60. The benchmark of fifth generation collaborative regulation
61. Digital financial services: Regulating for financial inclusion
62. Estudio de caso: El ecosistema digital y la masificación de las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (TIC) en Panamá
63. Estudio de caso: El ecosistema digital y la masificación de las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (TIC) en Nicaragua
64. Telecommunications Regulation Handbook
65. Tanzania – A solid base for moving to G5 regulation
66. Strengthening competitiveness in Bangladesh-thematic assessment : a diagnostic trade integration study
67. Estudio de caso: El ecosistema digital y la masificación de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) en el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia
68. ITU Guidelines for national emergency telecommunication plans
69. Giving Sisyphus a Helping Hand: Pathways for Sustainable RIA Systems in Developing Countries
70. Information and Communications for Development: Maximizing Mobile
71. IFC annual report 2017 : creating markets
72. El ecosistema digital y la masificación de las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones en Paraguay
73. Medición de la Independencia Formal de Autoridades Regulatorias en Telecomunicaciones utilizando una adaptación del Índice Gilardi
74. ITU – All About International Mobile Roaming (IMR) 2018
75. International mobile roaming strategic guidelines
76. Vulnerabilities Slow Growth
77. Broadband Strategies Handbook
78. Digital Development Partnership Annual Review 2018: Moving the needle – digital technologies becoming a driver for development.
79. ICT Regulation Toolkit
80. Poor Places, Thriving People: How the Middle East and North Africa Can Rise Above Spatial Disparities
81. World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends
82. ICT infrastructure business planning toolkit 2019
83. Morocco 2040 Emerging by Intangible Capital
84. World Development Indicators 2010
85. Global Cybersecurity Index 2020
86. Technologies de I’Information et de la Communication, Langues Vernaculaires et Stimlation du Haut Debit au Gabon [French]
87. Partenariats public-privé dans le secteur des infrastructures : guide pratique à l’intention des décideurs publics
88. Guide to develop a telecommunications/ICT contingency plan for a pandemic response