Internet for Development
Challenges to the Network

This report, prepared by ITU, is the second in the Challenges to the Network series. The report looks at the role of the Internet in economic development. The study pays special attention to the impact that the Internet is having and will have in the economies of developing nations and the role of the Internet in promoting economic and social development. This version was prepared and updated specially for the TELECOM Interactive 99 event, held in Geneva during October 1999.
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Foreword and Acknowledgements
This new report, “Challenges to the Network: Internet for Development”, is the second in the Challenges to the Network series. The subject of the report is the role of the Internet in promoting economic and social development, with a focus on developing nations. The first report in the series, looking at the challenges presented by the Internet to Public Telecommunication Operators, was published in September 1997.
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