Internet Governance: exploring the development link

Howard Williams

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Abstract: This paper seeks to explore the issues of Internet governance from a development perspective. The WSIS process and the report of the UN Working group on Internet Governance provide an initial framework within which to develop the issues. These issues not only concern the equitable distribution of Internet resources and the ways in which a secure and reliable function of the Internet can be achieved, but also include issues of multi-lingualism and local content as well as the institutional setting of Internet governance mechanisms and participation. The paper observers that realising the contribution of the Internet to development goals requires a shift in policy focus away from supply side initiatives in the telecommunications sector to more co-ordinated approaches.

Keywords: Internet governance; development; Internet resources; access (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D43 L51 L96 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-06
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Published in International Journal of Digital Economics 58 (2005): pp. 81-103

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