Regulatory approaches can spur improvements, but education and wealth loom large in the adoption equation.
The 2012 edition of the World Bank’s Information and Communications for Development report urges countries to promote mobile broadband’s expansion to improve the state of agriculture, health, financial services, employment and government in the developing world. The main goal of this research by David Yates and Jeff Gulati of Bentley University is to identify public policy alternatives, regulatory measures and governing practices that can increase the adoption of mobile broadband in developing countries, which have largely adopted a "mobile first" strategy for online services. The research also shows that different models are needed to understand mobile broadband diffusion in both developed and developing nations.
Understanding the Impact of Policy, Regulation and Governance on Mobile Broadband Diffusion in the Developing World (David Yates and Jeff Gulati, March 2013)
